by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | Jul 5, 2013 | Opinion
It is common knowledge that the perennial Food Network star, Paula Deen, has used a condescending and derogatory term toward African Americans and spoken warmly of the world of the genteel antebellum (pre-Civil War) South. Before this news-making revelation, Deen and...
by Gregory Magruder | Jul 4, 2013 | Opinion
On the Fourth of July, we remember the birth of our nation and we need to reflect on the reasons our Founding Fathers broke with England and declared independence. The issues that led up to the break were many and they developed over time. For some, it was...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 3, 2013 | Opinion
It’s traditional for Baptists from the host country to throw a party for visiting participants in the Baptist World Alliance annual gathering, and Jamaicans know how to party-mon. Loaded onto minibuses — with fold-down seats in the aisles to fill each one...
by Joel Snider | Jul 3, 2013 | Opinion
In my previous post, I quoted Amos Wilder’s observation that “the language of a people is its fate.” What we say and how we say it shapes our lives. That column looked at the growing acceptance on profanity and the lack of civility it breeds....
by Guy Sayles | Jul 3, 2013 | Opinion
Knowledge and wisdom are related, but they are more like cousins than identical twins. Knowledge has to do with facts, data and skill; wisdom has to do with significance, purpose and intention. Knowledge is concerned with “what” and “how;”...
by Lee Camp | Jul 3, 2013 | Opinion
In my previous article, I suggested (and I have developed this at length in my book “Who Is My Enemy?”) that certain parallels exist between the Christian “Justifiable War Tradition” and the classical teachings in Islam regarding the...
