by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 16, 2013 | Opinion
This image from www.groveparkinn.com.Guests at Asheville’s Grove Park Inn get lots of company on Sundays through Thursdays during the Christmas season, when the public is invited to view a display of top choices from the National Gingerbread House Competition....
by Anand Venkatkrishnan (The Martin Marty Center: Sightings) | Dec 16, 2013 | Opinion
Earlier this year, Dr. Narendra Dabholkar, president of a prominent Indian rationalist organization, the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS), or Committee for the Eradication of Blind Faith, was killed for his efforts to get an anti-superstition law...
by Nick Lear | Dec 16, 2013 | Opinion
In the United Kingdom, we are acutely conscious of the rising cost of electricity, and electric providers are replacing banks as “Public Enemy Number One.” Two thoughts occur to me as I reflect on this media-led vilification. First, a sizeable proportion...
by Colin Harris | Dec 16, 2013 | Opinion
One of the perks of growing older is that you not only get to celebrate a lot of people’s birthdays but also many birthdays of the same people. It’s quite an experience to remember a person’s first cake-in-the-face birthday party while celebrating a...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 14, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce Countless books land on my desk throughout the year. It’s one of the blessings and burdens of being an editor. (There are some really bad books out there.) However, receiving review copies of good books is indeed a blessing. They come in all...
by Stacy Sergent Lawton | Dec 13, 2013 | Opinion
Israel made me nervous. In all my international travels, I had never been anywhere that I felt so unsafe. Before entering any of the shops in downtown Jerusalem, we had to have our bags searched for weapons. It seemed every shopkeeper had a story to tell about a...
