by Larry Greenfield | Oct 5, 2012 | Opinion
Recently – that is, since the Republican and Democratic National Conventions – President Obama has shared the suggestion that former President Bill Clinton be appointed to a newly created cabinet post of “Secretary of Explaining Stuff.” Obama acknowledges...
by Trevor Barton | Oct 5, 2012 | Opinion
Bralyan loves bugs. I met him during the first week of school as I conducted the standard assessment of how many words he could read per minute from a second-grade story. After the assessment, I gave him the customary caterpillar sticker to put on his shirt to show...
by Naomi King Walker | Oct 4, 2012 | Opinion
American schools have long taught the English grammar rule that allows the words “man” and “he” to refer to both males and females. This practice has evolved along a convoluted path. According to Carolyn Jacobson in the English department at...
by Martin Marty | Oct 4, 2012 | Opinion
The column series Sightings lives week by week. In my other life as a historian for 60 years, I have lived by 250- and 500-year chunks of American life. My colleagues and I know that you cannot write religious history, the history of religions and of religious people...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 3, 2012 | Opinion
When October comes, here in the South, the hardwoods hold tight to their spring couture. While northern forests blaze crimson and gold, our woods cling to shades of ragged green — the dogwoods alone have morphed to burgundy. It’s not that we lack for...
by Sara Powell | Oct 3, 2012 | Opinion
Especially as we draw close to our quadrennial presidential election, we are inundated with authoritative voices telling us for whom to vote and why. It is often very difficult to find the kernel of truth hidden among the torrent of rhetoric in the various ads,...
