by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 15, 2013 | Opinion
We all remember “Superstorm Sandy,” the monstrous tempest that left a wake of destruction along the northeastern shore. Since we’ve come to expect the federal government to foot the bill for natural disasters (including ill-advised construction in...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 15, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce Whew! Glad I was not among the 4,000-plus passengers aboard a cruise ship that lost its power and drifted at sea before a slow tow into Mobile last night. But I don’t want to hear another report — or especially see another photo of the...
by Richard Wilson | Feb 15, 2013 | Opinion
Soon after I arrived in Liberia at Ricks Institute for the first time in February 2007, I learned “small, small.” The lesson still evokes my emotion. When I arrived, the wars were fresh memories and evidence of the conflict was ubiquitous. The road from...
by Larry Greenfield | Feb 15, 2013 | Opinion
The Synoptic Gospels all include the wilderness temptation narrative. Matthew and Luke go into great detail recounting the three different temptations of the devil. Mark, on the other hand, simply puts it this way (after a relatively short account of Jesus’...
by Libby Grammer | Feb 15, 2013 | Opinion
I have spent more than five years as a student of immigration law as a paralegal and a student of theology and ethics in my calling as a minister of the gospel. Both have made me keenly aware that in our culture of divisive politics, we are missing the mark on being...
by Ircel Harrison | Feb 14, 2013 | Opinion
Strategy planning is not what it used to be. There was a time when governments, businesses and even churches planned for the future as if what happened next would be a natural consequence of what had gone before. Of course, this kind of linear thinking no longer...
