by Karen Johnson Zurheide | May 12, 2003 | Opinion
In my work with homeless families, I often encounter surprises—not all of them good. But once in a while there is a wonderful surprise, like recently when a parent of several children formerly in our program wrote a letter. Her update indicated that all her daughters...
by Jeffrey D. Vickery | May 12, 2003 | Opinion
An oxymoron is when two words with contradictory meanings are used to describe a person or thing. Some oxymorons are humorous: submissive cat, slow-growing kudzu and Yankee-style grits. Other phrases become oxymorons depending upon one’s point of view: corporate...
by Bo Prosser | May 9, 2003 | Opinion
I read this book with fear and trembling. Sarah Sumner is the chair of the department of ministry and associate professor of ministry and theology in the Haggard School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, Calif. She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D....
by Jan Turrentine | May 9, 2003 | Opinion
The story made newspaper headlines and television newscasts this week: a “powder puff” touch-football game involving girls from an affluent Chicago suburb turned not just ugly but downright dangerous. The story made newspaper headlines and television...
by Mike Parnell | May 8, 2003 | Opinion
Moviegoers with only a passing knowledge of X-Men will probably not like this sequel to 2000’s successful “X-Men” movie. This latest adaptation of the comic-book series will seem like an endless series of events with no correlation. But those who...
by Robert Parham | May 8, 2003 | Opinion
Arguably America’s most partisan moral crusader has tarnished his much-honed public image as the master of virtue and pundit of cultural decline. William Bennett, who rode to fame and wealth as author of “The Book of Virtues,” was exposed over the...
