by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 27, 2013 | Opinion
The North Carolina legislature, newly and completely dominated by agenda-wielding Republicans intent on solidifying their position and steam-rolling opposition, has wrapped up its 2013 session, successfully turning the Old North State into what should be a state of...
by Bill Wilson | Jul 26, 2013 | Opinion
It was a very impressive group of church leaders. Clergy and laity alike, they were successful and savvy men and women who had been patiently listening to me make repeated invitations to engage in a spiritual discernment process rather than a more traditional...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 26, 2013 | Opinion
Recently, I awoke to flashes of lightning, deep rolling thunder and rain hitting my window. As I lay in bed contemplating whether to check the weather on television, I thought this is nothing but a mild summer thunderstorm rolling through the city. However, after this...
by Elizabeth Evans Hagan | Jul 26, 2013 | Opinion
There’s been a lot of fuss over this royal baby this week, hasn’t there? When would the duchess give birth? What gender would the child be? When would they leave the hospital? How would the new family get home? And, finally, what would the child’s...
by Drew Smith | Jul 25, 2013 | Opinion
There is no doubt that Jesus commanded his followers to love their enemies. There is no room for negotiation with Jesus on this point. Indeed, while we attempt to evade Jesus’ clear teaching by placing limitations on his command, specifically related to who we...
by Bob Newell | Jul 25, 2013 | Opinion
I am told that when Walt Whitman read Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “The Poet,” he was highly influenced. When the young Whitman heard Emerson say that the United States needed a poet to capture, in a proper fashion, its national spirit and character,...
