by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 13, 2012 | Opinion
Sermons come in as many colors and flavors as the ethnic backgrounds, various theologies, and personal proclivities of the preachers. The pulpit can be a lifespring of love and grace, affirmation and encouragement — or it can be a spewing sewer of bigotry and...
by Michael Ruffin | Jun 13, 2012 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The following column was originally a deacon ordination sermon, based on 2 Kings 5:1-27, delivered by Michael Ruffin on June 10, 2012. It is a tale of two servants, one a young girl and the other a grown man. She was a servant to the wife of a...
by Jennifer Harris Dault | Jun 13, 2012 | Opinion
Obesity rates in the United States have been on a steady incline, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) believes sugar-filled sodas are helping those rates bubble up. On June 7, the advocacy group gathered more than 200 public health officials and...
by Robert Parham | Jun 13, 2012 | Opinion
The nation awaits in June the looming Supreme Court decision on Arizona’s anti-immigration law, known as SB 1070. SB 1070 makes it a crime in Arizona for an individual to fail to carry necessary immigration documents and requires law enforcement to question an...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 12, 2012 | Opinion
As the days to the November elections decrease, political advertisements increase exponentially. By October, these political promotions will seem ubiquitous. What concerns me primarily, however, is neither the volume of nor the costs to produce and air such...
by Alex Baker | Jun 12, 2012 | Opinion
From the opening scenes of “Prometheus,” it is clear that you’re about to experience sci-fi at its most epic and grandiose. Thirty-three years after the first “Alien” film brought terror and horror into space, director Ridley Scott...
