by James L. Evans | Nov 18, 2005 | Opinion
While it would not appear at first glance that there is a connection between legendary civil rights activist Rosa Parks and Samuel Alito, President Bush’s nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court, I believe there is a connection, and an important one. Rosa Parks,...
by Mark Ray | Nov 17, 2005 | Opinion
Lightning may never strike twice in the same location, but hurricanes do. I was too young at the time to have much recollection of our family’s 1969 trip to the Southern Baptist Convention. Today, my brother Tommy and I are glad we were along for the ride. On...
by Cliff Vaughn | Nov 17, 2005 | Opinion
As the title suggests, this book from C.S. Lewis expert Peter Schakel isn’t just about The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which is getting most of the public attention on account of the upcoming movie. Rather, The Way Into Narnia takes on all of the...
by Cliff Vaughn | Nov 16, 2005 | Opinion
Filmmaker Robert Greenwald, previously best known as the man behind “Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism,” is probably going to be known as the man behind “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price” for a while. His new 95-minute...
by Fred Guttman | Nov 15, 2005 | Opinion
Recently a fellow rabbi and I attended the funeral of LCPL Andrew David Russoli, 21. The service took place at College Park Baptist Church in our city of Greensboro, N.C. We thought we were going for two reasons. The first reason was to be a Jewish presence, (we were...
by Britt Towery | Nov 15, 2005 | Opinion
True happiness can come to us in our difficult times, if we look for it in others. Such was the philosophy of one of China’s greatest writers, who died last month. Ba Jin was the pen name of Li Feigan, who died in Shanghai, China, at the age of 101. His novels...
