by Michael Helms | Jan 18, 2005 | Opinion
“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.” Proverbs 22:1 (NKJV) It takes a long time to build a good name and a relatively short time to lose one. Building a good name is like building a sand castle by...
by Barry Howard | Jan 17, 2005 | Opinion
Not long ago, while traveling through a community in northeast Alabama where I served as a minister in the 1980s, my wife and I drove down the street where we used to live, and “the wall” was still there. There was an interesting story behind the wall, and...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jan 17, 2005 | Opinion
When the pope made a papal visit to Miami in 1987, delighting Miami’s large Hispanic community, a local enterprising Euro-American shirt-maker decided to capitalize on the event. He made thousands of shirts which in Spanish were suppose to read “I saw the...
by James L. Evans | Jan 14, 2005 | Opinion
Next week President Bush will raise his hand and receive the oath of office. He will promise to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Afterwards, as is the tradition, Mr. Bush will deliver an inaugural address. Anticipating...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 14, 2005 | Opinion
The new Warner Bros. film, which opens nationwide today, centers on a plucky zebra who thinks he’s a race horse. It’s cookie-cutter storytelling—an underdog, a formidable challenge, some unlikely help—but well done. Disney has long traded on this appealing...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 14, 2005 | Opinion
The latest movie from writer-director Paul Weitz is, to use a favorite adjective from the film itself, “awesome.” Weitz demonstrated a fine sensibility with “About a Boy,” and he does it again with “In Good Company,” which expands...
