by Vinoth Ramachandra | Nov 4, 2011 | Opinion
I visited Portugal in October, and my visit coincided with that of Marina Silva, the Brazilian environmental campaigner who served as minister of the environment in President Lula da Silva’s government. This remarkable woman has been justly honored all over the...
by Drew Smith | Nov 4, 2011 | Opinion
Many Protestant Christians celebrated Oct. 31 as Reformation Day, the day that commemorates a little known German monk, Martin Luther, who may or may not have posted his infamous Ninety-Five Theses on a church door in Wittenberg on Oct. 31, 1517. This act challenged...
by Robert Parham | Nov 4, 2011 | Opinion
A global warming skeptic says global warming is real after concluding a two-year study funded in part by global warming deniers who profit from big oil. In a Wall Street Journal column, physicist Richard Muller justified his former position as a global warming...
by Rob Sellers | Nov 3, 2011 | Opinion
On May 16, 1920, on the east steps of the capitol building in Washington, D.C., a historic speech was delivered to some 15,000 people, many of them Baptists. The speaker was George W. Truett, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas. His speech was titled...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Nov 3, 2011 | Opinion
Shorter University, a private Christian university in Rome, Ga., recently updated its personal conduct policy for its employees to include the following: I agree to adhere to and support the following principles (on or off the campus): I will be loyal to the mission...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 2, 2011 | Opinion
The United Nations estimated that the earth’s population surpassed seven billion on Monday (the U.S. Census Bureau thinks it will be a few days yet). The number is alarming, but not surprising. When I was in college, the world population had just topped four...
