by Leroy Seat | Mar 28, 2012 | Opinion
President Dwight D. Eisenhower died 43 years ago today, March 28, 1969, at the age of 78. At the time of his election as the 34th president of the United States in 1952, he was a five-star general in the U.S. Army. During World War II, “Ike” had served as...
by Kate Coleman | Mar 28, 2012 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This column is another of several EthicsDaily.com will carry from an initiative from Great Britain called “Beyond400.net – Baptists Imagining Life After 400 Years.” Although no one other than God knows what the future holds in any...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 27, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce News reports of generational shifts can provide insights as well as be reminders of aging. The first I can accept better than the latter. The latest report to rattle my generational moorings is the falling interest among teenagers in driving and owning...
by Leroy Seat | Mar 27, 2012 | Opinion
The SouthernPovertyLawCenter (SPLC) is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. The SPLC was co-founded in 1971 by civil rights lawyer Morris Dees, who continues to...
by Guy Sayles | Mar 27, 2012 | Opinion
Would you please give it a rest? Try to settle down. Loosen up. Lighten up a little. Ease off. Back off. Whoa, wait a minute, time out. Give me a break. Chill out. If you’re hearing these kinds of things more often lately, there’s a pretty good chance...
by Trevor Barton | Mar 27, 2012 | Opinion
I was going down the road, listening to “All Things Considered” on NPR, when I heard an interview between Melissa Block and Kelly Beatty, a senior contributing editor for Sky and Telescope magazine. I learned that now is the best time to see Jupiter and...