by Suzii Paynter | Aug 8, 2012 | Opinion
Not too long ago, I ran into Kyle Henderson, pastor of First Baptist Church of Athens, Texas, in a downtown Dallas hamburger place. We had a lot of things to talk about, but I remember his energy and focus when he said about people of faith: “We need to be about...
by Raouf J. Halaby | Aug 8, 2012 | Opinion
While surfing cable channels in mid-July to catch up on the macabre situation in Syria, I caught the last 90 seconds of a report on a U.S.-funded “weapons fair.” “The Business of Kaboom” featured a handful of foreign reporters touring a remote...
by Bob Cornwall | Aug 7, 2012 | Opinion
We were jolted by news of another deadly mass shooting. This time the location was suburban Milwaukee, Wisc. The victims were worshippers at the local Sikh temple. Six members of that community, along with the shooter, were killed. Several others were wounded,...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 7, 2012 | Opinion
There’s no such thing as absolute freedom. Bob Dylan was right: You’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You’re gonna have to serve somebody Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you’re gonna have to serve somebody....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 6, 2012 | Opinion
NASA artist’s conception of the Curiosity roverIt was nail-biting time about 1:15 a.m. Monday morning, as engineers in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory control room gathered to monitor the Mars Science Laboratory (aka “Mars Curiosity”) on its...
by Robert Parham | Aug 6, 2012 | Opinion
One would have expected an outpouring of moral commentary from faith leaders across America after the killings and woundings in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. Commentary that would have said, “Enough is enough. We’re finally going to take on the gun...
