by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 12, 2016 | Opinion
Record lottery jackpots in the United Kingdom and United States have grabbed international headlines. The U.K.’s national lottery saw an unprecedented prize up for grabs last week – £66 million ($95.9 million) that was won by two folks who will share the...
by David Kerrigan | Jan 12, 2016 | Opinion
If, like most of us, you prefer your issues cut and dried, goodies and baddies, then climate change is just the kind of thing to avoid. For every opinion, you’ll find an opposite opinion; for every believer, in spite of scientific consensus that climate change...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 11, 2016 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce America’s deep and intense ideological divide is obvious from social media posts to coffee shop conversations to the relentless political season’s assault on the senses. But nowhere are these impassioned yet opposing perspectives more apparent and...
by Ferrell Foster | Jan 11, 2016 | Opinion
Things are about to get crazy in Texas – or crazier. It is less than two months before the Republican and Democratic primary elections here (March 1), and early voting begins Feb. 16. No party speaks for God. There will be committed Christians, as well as...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 8, 2016 | Opinion
Bipartisan consensus is urgently needed to address the widespread gun-violence. But how do we even take a first step in an increasingly polarized political climate? President Obama pressed the issue when he announced Tuesday morning executive actions regarding gun...
by James Gordon | Jan 8, 2016 | Opinion
There was a time when I found a rant satisfying. It was a cathartic putting right of the world, or at least a therapeutic binge of self-expression that, even if it didn’t persuade others, made me feel a lot better. If I were to revert to the rant as default...