by Ircel Harrison | Oct 16, 2015 | Opinion
What’s the latest controversy about public education in your area? In my state of Tennessee, the topic is “teaching about Islam” to middle school students. Some parents (and outside instigators) are concerned that the state educational curriculum...
by John Weaver | Oct 16, 2015 | Opinion
In the run up to the Paris Climate Change Conference, COP21 – Nov. 30 through Dec. 11 – some significant economic considerations are emerging. A 2006 report compiled by Nicholas Stern dealt with the economics of climate change. A rise of 4 degrees Celsius...
by Walid Zailaa | Oct 16, 2015 | Opinion
I lift my eyes from the modern 21st century Middle East to immemorial antiquity, where two women are performing on the stage of history. Ruth the Moabite and Naomi the Israelite are crossing the desert back to Judah from Moab for they have heard that the famine has...
by Christina Embree | Oct 15, 2015 | Opinion
Some teenagers check their social media accounts 100 times per day. A CNN article titled “#Being13: Inside the Secret World of Teens” provided this and other eye-opening insights into the impact of social media on teenagers. “I don’t like...
by Sean McKenzie | Oct 15, 2015 | Opinion
Those who fly rebel flags from pick-up trucks should team up with advocates of undocumented immigrants, for they are making basically the same case. The case is skeptical of legalism, rooted in an expression of the Christian faith, committed to the traditional work...
by Colin Harris | Oct 14, 2015 | Opinion
The recent passing of baseball legend Yogi Berra called up a lifetime of memories of the Yankee catcher and his post-retirement career as a statesman for the sport. He became a kind of unwitting philosopher as well with his famous “Yogi-isms” –...
