by Parush Parushev | May 20, 2002 | Opinion
Postmodernism means different things to different people. Some are so fascinated with current changes in social, artistic and intellectual life that they believe a new age has already dawned. Others are so frustrated by these changes that they deny the existence of...
by Barry Howard | May 20, 2002 | Opinion
It’s baseball and softball season again, and the local fields in our community are full of energetic boys and girls who are eager to hit a homerun or make a double play. The excitement of the sport gets intense—sometimes too intense. Last year, there was a brawl...
by Ray Furr | May 17, 2002 | Opinion
Children who are overweight and obese may soon have as much costly preventable disease and death as cigarette smokers, according to a 20-year Center for Disease Control study released this month. CDC researchers found that the number of children who are overweight and...
by Steve Ivy | May 17, 2002 | Opinion
Deaths of ancient humans were recorded with careful notation of each generation’s decreasing lifespan. Psalm 23, perhaps the most widely recited psalm, is a reflection on dying. Scripture, philosophy, legal codes and religious practices have variously described...
by Gary Farley | May 16, 2002 | Opinion
The season of rural church homecomings arrived across the South with the first Sunday in May. Cemeteries are spruced up, church houses and grounds are cleaned up. New carpets are installed, and steeples and church signs are improved. The date for an annual church...
by Bennett C. Sandford | May 16, 2002 | Opinion
Navy chaplains play a vital role in the lives of sailors. The chaplain on board a Navy ship functions much like a pastor in a church. Chaplains, however, counsel and comfort people of all faiths. The chaplain on board a Navy ship functions much like a pastor in a...
