by Martin Marty | Jan 19, 2012 | Opinion
Those who observe United States Supreme Court decisions on “church and state” are dealing with what many call the most important “religious liberty” case in decades, at least since the 1940s. Like so many cases, this one had a parochial start....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 18, 2012 | Opinion
Could it really be 18 years? Eighteen years since the cold January morning when seven-year-old Bethany and I happened along as a hopelessly drunk young man pointed his truck from bar to home, only to meet us in between? Could it be 18 years since that sweet girl...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 18, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce A neatly-dressed man in a crisp Pittsburgh Pirates cap and I struck up a casual conversation. Eventually I made some comment about his cap — and the challenges the team it represents has faced in recent years. Smaller-market teams just don’t...
by Monty Knight | Jan 18, 2012 | Opinion
I recently attended a gathering at which an evolutionary biologist – a distinguished professor at South Carolina’s flagship university – offered his observations and answered questions from the audience following a video presentation sponsored by the National...
by Robert Parham | Jan 18, 2012 | Opinion
What would John Wesley, the founder of Methodism and the preacher of one of the most famous sermons on the use of money, say about vulture capitalism? First, what is vulture capitalism? Vulture capitalism is a verbal bomb being thrown by politicians and pundits in the...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Jan 17, 2012 | Opinion
The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was notorious among his contemporaries for his cynical view of human nature. Hobbes held that we always act out of self-interest. Once, a friend observed him giving money to a beggar and asked Hobbes if what he had...
