by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 29, 2004 | Opinion
Considering the depths of rancor existing between those advocating pro-life and those advocating pro-choice, we are left to wonder if common ground can ever be found. Cristina Page, who serves as the program director of the New York affiliate of NARAL Pro-Choice...
by Jan Turrentine | Nov 29, 2004 | Opinion
At my grandmother’s house, sleeping in meant getting up at 5 or 6 a.m. instead of the usual 4. On a typical day, by 6 a.m. she would have swept and mopped the floors, made a big pan of biscuits and done a couple of loads of laundry. These chores completed by...
by James L. Evans | Nov 26, 2004 | Opinion
While deer hunting early one December morning with my uncle we kicked up a big buck in some thick brush. We raised our shotguns and fired at almost the same instant. As the buck went down my uncle began to shout, “I got him, I got him.” To this day I...
by Jack Brymer | Nov 25, 2004 | Opinion
Although most shopping malls are already decorated for the holiday season, which traditionally begins Thanksgiving weekend, finding something for which to be thankful is a task for many. The death of my eldest brother last week has cast a pale of sadness on the...
by Michael Helms | Nov 25, 2004 | Opinion
Samuel Leibowitz, a criminal lawyer, saved 78 people from the electric chair. Not one ever thanked him. Art King helped 2,500 people find jobs through his radio program, “Job Center of the Air.” Only 10 ever thanked him. One year, an official of the post...
by Robert Parham | Nov 24, 2004 | Opinion
Rep. Ernest Istook (R-Okla.) allegedly placed in a congressional spending bill that passed on Saturday a frightening provision allowing two committee chairmen and their staffs to look at any American citizen’s tax returns without any privacy safeguards. Chairmen...