by Steve Sumerel | Aug 4, 2003 | Opinion
I am often asked what to make of the widely reported health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption. Many new branches of research have increasingly lifted these health advantages above the statistical noise of earlier studies about the dangers of alcohol. Although...
by Robert Parham | Aug 1, 2003 | Opinion
Roughly a week after Sept. 11, 2001, a New York Times reporter told me that the United States’ military campaign against Muslim terrorists had the preliminary code name “Infinite Justice.” He asked me what I thought about the phrase. I told him I was...
by Jan Turrentine | Aug 1, 2003 | Opinion
Barney Fife, a beloved but exasperating character on the old “The Andy Griffith Show,” was often as full of himself as he was with half-baked ideas. But he was well-intentioned, and at least occasionally he offered some pretty good advice. Seems Opie,...
by Jim Ball | Jul 31, 2003 | Opinion
My wife and I recently completed an 11-city, eight-state “What Would Jesus Drive?” tour of the Bible Belt that began at the First Baptist Church in Austin, Texas, and ended at Riverside Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. I spoke at a wide variety of...
by Karen Johnson Zurheide | Jul 31, 2003 | Opinion
I’m a parent. I struggle. Is it just me—or do those two statements naturally go together? While wanting to respect my children’s privacy, I tend to reveal my struggles. That is especially true with an adolescent daughter, who is reaching for increasingly...
by Roger Thomas | Jul 30, 2003 | Opinion
It has been a long time since I have seen a film audience burst into applause, yet this happened not once but twice in my screening of “Seabiscuit.” “Seabiscuit” is based on the true story of a racehorse that became very important to a lot of...
