by Robert Parham | Jan 4, 2013 | Opinion
One would rightly expect calls for peace in Christmas Eve and Christmas Day sermons offered by Christianity’s most visible leaders – heads of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. And one would not have been disappointed. Pope Benedict XVI and the...
by Leroy Seat | Jan 3, 2013 | Opinion
In East Asia, 2013 is the Year of the Snake, although in China and those countries that still follow Chinese customs the new year doesn’t begin until Feb. 10. While a snake usually conjures up bad images and is sometimes a symbol of evil in the West, it is not...
by Ircel Harrison | Jan 3, 2013 | Opinion
When I was a member of Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) in college, I was a member of a drill team called the Pershing Rifles. The national organization was named for General of the Armies John J. Pershing. I read the brief history of the organization and knew...
by Trevor Barton | Jan 3, 2013 | Opinion
There is a wonderful documentary called “Beautiful Losers.” The 2008 film was created by filmmaker Aaron Rose and is about an underground, outsider, creative movement called the “beautiful losers” movement. It has interviews with Shepard...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 2, 2013 | Opinion
One of the best things about an oceanfront room at the beach is the chance to watch the sun crest the horizon every morning. I’ve always liked sunrises, but unless you live in a place with an open view to the east, you can watch colors paint the sky, but rarely...
by Drew Smith | Jan 2, 2013 | Opinion
I have never been one to make serious resolutions for each new year. I am not opposed to making such resolutions, and I am certainly not cynical about those who make them and seriously try to keep them; I have just never really felt the need to make them. Yet, as we...
