by Martin Marty | Dec 27, 2011 | Opinion
Chelsea Clinton, Hedy Lamarr, Shakespeare as author of “Titus Andronicus” (seen in the family of “torture-porn” art), and Damien Hirst, major-major painter of images (“dead animals – sharks, zebras, piglets … and cigarette...
by Jeffrey Pegram | Dec 27, 2011 | Opinion
A few southern and southwestern states – namely Alabama, Arizona, Georgia and Utah – have recently enacted laws that require law enforcement officers to determine the citizenship status of any persons they suspect are undocumented immigrants, and that permit officers...
by Mike Parnell | Dec 26, 2011 | Opinion
I am never one to go out of my way to see Tom Cruise in a movie, but I am a fan of director Brad Bird. Bird worked on “The Simpsons” and has made some wonderful animated films, including “Iron Giant” and “The Incredibles.”...
by Leroy Seat | Dec 26, 2011 | Opinion
The death of the famous Trappist monk Thomas Merton on Dec. 10, 1968, was tragic. Born in 1915, Merton had gone to Thailand for an interfaith conference between Catholic and non-Christian monks, a meeting held in a Red Cross Conference Center in a suburb of Bangkok....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 23, 2011 | Opinion
It was an interesting week in blog-land. After posting a rather tongue-in-cheek account of my visit to a Christmas event at the Mormon Temple in Washington, D.C., I got more heated comments than I’ve seen since 2000, when I endorsed the South Carolina...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 23, 2011 | Opinion
Steven Spielberg is doing a one-two punch in 2011 much as he did in 1993. Then, it was “Jurassic Park” and “Schindler’s List,” obviously two very different films. Now, it’s “The Adventures of Tintin” and “War...
