by Robert Parham | Aug 21, 2012 | Opinion
American Atheists want religion out of the public square. Religion, after all, has “no place in politics” for it is “sheer silliness.” So says the group American Atheists. To advance their agenda at the Democratic National Convention in...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 20, 2012 | Opinion
A quick reflection on three news stories that jumped off the page this weekend, each one vying for the title of how amazingly twisted human ideas and systems can become. 1. Financial columnist Al Lewis highlighted a study from the Institute for Policy Studies, a...
by Arthur Brown | Aug 20, 2012 | Opinion
As a youth worker, I’ve lost count of the times parents have complained that they don’t understand their children. “It’s like they’re speaking a different language,” they lament. As I look at the various titles of books about Islam...
by Marti Andrews | Aug 20, 2012 | Opinion
It’s been at least a year now. I’ve been going to the same Starbucks several times a week, seeing the same baristas, ordering the same drink exactly every morning: Tall. Skinny. Peppermint mocha. Stirred. No whip. I’ve been watching different people...
by Jonty Langley | Aug 17, 2012 | Opinion
Cricket may not be a real sport as far as the Olympics are concerned – and, seriously, how do they decide that stuff? Shooting, walking and about 25,000 iterations of cycling make the cut, but rugby, cricket and darts don’t? Someone has blundered. –...
by Larry Greenfield | Aug 17, 2012 | Opinion
Plenty of gory stories about injury, mayhem and death in America this summer, highlighted by mass violence in suburban Denver and Milwaukee. Illinois has escaped those incidents, we think. Oh, but then there’s Chicago, with its own – more extended in time and...
