by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 13, 2013 | Opinion
So, I did my duty and watched the State of the Union address instead of SMASH, and was struck (again) by the sharp divisions that mark our country’s leadership. President Obama’s speech, like all State of the Union messages, was frequently interrupted by...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 13, 2013 | Opinion
Consider the hours we spend on food and drink: going to the grocery store, perusing cookbooks and magazines for recipes, being sure the kids have lunch money, grabbing a bottle of water on the way to work, and stopping midmorning for a coffee break. We eat and drink...
by Mike Parnell | Feb 13, 2013 | Opinion
In a former church, I worked two major natural disasters. Both were related to hurricanes. While working in the first, a veteran of that kind of work said something profound: “Disasters are such that if there is something good in people, it will come out. And if...
by Bob Newell | Feb 13, 2013 | Opinion
“Back in the day,” when TV’s Lucy got into trouble, as she nearly always did, Ricky would eventually come home from work – and you knew exactly what he was going to say when he discovered one of his wife’s misadventures. With that heavy,...
by Tyler Tankersley | Feb 12, 2013 | Opinion
Deuteronomy 22:8 offers the following commandment: “When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof; otherwise you might have blood-guilt on your house, if anyone should fall from it.” At first, these verses do not seem to have much...
by Leroy Seat | Feb 12, 2013 | Opinion
February 5, 1631. That is the date on which the Lyon, a British ship, “anchored safe amid great and dangerous ice floes in Boston harbor.” On board that ship (which had set sail from Bristol, England, on December 1) were Roger Williams and his wife, Mary....
