by Vinoth Ramachandra | Aug 15, 2012 | Opinion
Perhaps the most intellectually stimulating book I have read in recent months is Raymond Tallis’ “Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity” (2011). Tallis is one of those rare polymaths – a neuroscientist,...
by Robert Parham | Aug 15, 2012 | Opinion
The radio broadcast began with the highest of praise. “David Barton. An honorable, honorable man. A true American historian. And really honestly, I think the man who has singlehandedly saved this country from darkness,” said conservative radio host Glenn...
by Bill Wilson | Aug 14, 2012 | Opinion
Tom Ehrich, one of my favorite thinkers about church in the 21st century, recently told me he is down to one pivotal question for the congregations he works with. That question is: “Is your primary orientation inward or outward?” His contention is that,...
by Wendell Griffen | Aug 14, 2012 | Opinion
The U.S. national anthem ends by questioning whether the “star spangled banner yet waves o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” In 2012, deliberate measures to suppress voting and voter registration of poor, non-white, elderly,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 13, 2012 | Opinion
When archaeologists discover cylindrical objects made of stone or clay in the remains of ancient dwellings, they often identify them, when no practical use seems apparent, as phallic symbols used in some sort of fertility rites. Firedrills or phalli? Photo from Plos...
by Colin Harris | Aug 13, 2012 | Opinion
If all goes according to schedule today, Michael Santos will walk out of a federal prison in California after serving more than 25 years of a 45-year sentence for distributing and selling cocaine. A column a year ago outlined the remarkable story of his inordinately...
