by Roger Thomas & Mike Parnell | May 31, 2002 | Opinion
At a time when the preservation of wilderness country is a hotly debated political issue in our nation, there is nothing wrong with a reminder of how much we have already lost. “Spirit” is worth seeing just for the stunning animation and that environmental...
by Gary Farley | May 31, 2002 | Opinion
The Great Plains “Dust Bowl” of the mid-1930s provided a wake-up call for farmers, ranchers and the federal government. The topsoil was being blown off the plains, leaving sterile hardpan behind. Natural resource conservation was added to the agenda of the...
by Steve Sumerel | May 31, 2002 | Opinion
Is addiction a physiological disease having both a physical cause and cure? Is addiction a spiritual condition having roots in a concept called “sin”? How can science and faith communities best serve the addict when they answer those questions so...
by Marv Knox | May 30, 2002 | Opinion
Two bills now pending before the U.S. House of Representatives would breach the wall of separation between church and state and, unfortunately, inject political poison into America’s pulpits. They are the Houses of Worship Political Speech Protection Act (HR...
by Cliff Vaughn | May 30, 2002 | Opinion
“What’s a South African doing in the Ukraine with three Russian scientists and a crate from Israel?” It’s not a joke. It’s the central question in “The Sum of All Fears,” the new movie based on Tom Clancy’s...
by Robert Rhodes | May 30, 2002 | Opinion
According to the coldly prescient Doomsday Clock, which appears on the cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, it is now seven minutes until midnight. The clock has stood at this absorbing hour of introspection since February, when the Bulletin inched it...
