by Britt Towery | Apr 1, 2005 | Opinion
“My times are in thy [God’s] hands,” the Psalmist wrote. But the Psalmist had not heard about Daylight Saving Time. Beginning Sunday we will have more hours in which to work or play. (This does not pertain to those who work or play all night.) From...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 30, 2005 | Opinion
My mother was illiterate and never had a chance to go to school. She fled Cuba for the United States during the political turbulence of 1958 with her infant son. What my mother lacked in formal education she made up for in street smarts. She, like so many other...
by James L. Evans | Mar 30, 2005 | Opinion
Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, senior minister of the Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, has offered the benediction at both of President Bush’s inaugurations. After the 2001 prayer, Rev. Caldwell was sharply criticized for saying at the end of the...
by Jack Brymer | Mar 29, 2005 | Opinion
While stopped at a traffic light on a busy highway exit, I noticed what look like a slight blanket of snow on the shoulder of the road. A closer look, however, revealed hundreds, if not thousands, of cigarette butts. In the car ahead of me, the window was rolled down...
by Michael Helms | Mar 28, 2005 | Opinion
Mel Gibson has released “The Passion of the Christ Recut” in theaters across the United States and Canada. About five minutes of the gruesome beating of Jesus has been cut from the film. Apparently Gibson took to heart some of the criticism regarding the...
by James L. Evans | Mar 25, 2005 | Opinion
The resurrection of Jesus is for most Christians the defining moment in the Christian faith. Without the resurrection Jesus would have been just a hapless victim of tyranny. His message of love, forgiveness and hope would have been dumped along with his body. His...
