by Nick Lear | Aug 15, 2013 | Opinion
I am a bit worried about a friend of mine. He’s on holiday in Cyprus and has lost his bag that contains his mobile phone, his wallet and other important items. He has managed to find an Internet cafe and sent me an e-mail asking for my help. If I can send him...
by Robert Parham | Aug 15, 2013 | Opinion
Conservatives can provide the leadership to reduce the mass incarceration of United States citizens without forfeiting any conservative principles, so wrote Eli Lehrer, president and co-founder of R Street Institute, a libertarian think tank with tentacles to the...
by Drew Smith | Aug 14, 2013 | Opinion
One of the more comforting passages from the teachings of Jesus is found in Luke 12:22-34, where Jesus commands his listeners not to worry about the concerns of life, for God will take care of them. But is this really Jesus’ meaning? To interpret correctly, we...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Aug 14, 2013 | Opinion
New Testament scholar, Marcus Borg, found impetus for his doctoral thesis in an intriguing question posed by his adviser, George B. Caird. Borg recalls: “As we were talking about possible topics, he said to me, ‘Let’s assume that the Pharisees were...
by Chuck Warnock | Aug 13, 2013 | Opinion
First it was vampires; now it is zombies. Our appetite for the bizarre and scary seems to know no end. Of course, film-wise, it all started in 1968 when George Romero directed the cult classic, “Night of the Living Dead.” Even the Library of Congress has...
by Ron Rolheiser | Aug 13, 2013 | Opinion
Sadly, today, there are many deaths by suicide. Very few people have not been deeply affected by the suicide of a loved one. In the United States alone, there are more than 33,000 suicides a year. That averages out to 90 such deaths per day, about three to four every...
