by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 30, 2005 | Opinion
As far as film adaptations of Charles Dickens go, Roman Polanski’s “Oliver Twist” is a good one. “Twist,” which opens nationwide today, features the always lovely Ben Kingsley as Fagin and relative newcomer Barney Clark as the title...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 30, 2005 | Opinion
“The Greatest Game Ever Played” is based on a book … which is based on a true story … which happened in 1913. It’s a PG film that could pass as a G, and you may not recognize most of the actors. Whether these are positives or negatives in your book,...
by Joe Phelps | Sep 30, 2005 | Opinion
Long ago Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Who do you say that I am?” Nothing clarifies a person’s thinking on this question like going head to head with an antagonist. And if a single antagonist clarifies, a tag-team encounter crystallizes. I found myself...
by James L. Evans | Sep 29, 2005 | Opinion
The U.S. House of Representatives voted recently to allow religious social-service providers that receive federal money to discriminate in hiring on the basis of religion. At issue, of course, is current federal law that prohibits any discrimination in hiring. But...
by Robert Parham | Sep 29, 2005 | Opinion
If President Bush had only listened to America’s real Christian leaders, then our nation would not have had 1,923 military fatalities and 14,265 soldiers wounded in action. The nation would not have wasted over $200 billion in Iraq. Iraq would not have an upward...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 28, 2005 | Opinion
It’s hard to say which is bolder—Bruce Feiler’s writing or the travels that spark it—but Feiler’s courage with pen and passport will roll down on anyone holding a copy of his latest book, Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of...
