by James L. Evans | Mar 20, 2002 | Opinion
The most recent edition of “Alabama Citizens Watch,” the official newsletter of the Alabama Christian Coalition, features a bit of self-congratulatory indulgence. The celebration was prompted by comments from Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert W. Fogel....
by Wm. Loyd Allen | Mar 20, 2002 | Opinion
From the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls to the ratification of the 19th Amendment 72 years later, Christian religion and women’s suffrage kept close, if not always cordial, company. At the 1840 London Slavery Convention, internationally...
by Gary Leazer | Mar 19, 2002 | Opinion
Baha’is, numbering more than 5 million, are found in over 200 countries. There are 110,000 Baha’is in the United States. South Carolina, California, Texas, Georgia and Illinois have the largest concentrations of Baha’is in America. Mirza Husayn-Ali...
by Paul Montacute | Mar 19, 2002 | Opinion
The stench and smoke from the burning trash heap was overwhelming. Women and children were scavenging the stinking and steaming dump, with gigantic vultures standing by. The vultures were bigger than some of the children, and were just waiting to sweep down and grab...
by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove | Mar 19, 2002 | Opinion
Since the decline of the Moral Majority, Christianity has been left without a visible face in American politics. This is not entirely lamentable. That Christianity lost face at the end of the 20th century was perhaps just as much a judgment as it was an attack upon...
by Barry Howard | Mar 15, 2002 | Opinion
A couple of years ago, a friend gave me a desk calendar for Christmas. It was one of those page-a-day calendars where you peel off a page each day of the year. This type of calendar comes in many varieties. I have seen such calendars featuring daily devotions,...
