by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 28, 2011 | Opinion
Saudia Arabia is striding toward the future — about an inch at the time. And then backwards about three-quarters of that. Saudi King Abdullah announced earlier this week that women in his country would finally get the right to vote and run for office — but...
by Drew Smith | Sep 28, 2011 | Opinion
It seems that as the gap between the very rich and everyone else grows, many of those who are wealthy have taken defensive positions that expose how out of touch they really are. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has suggested that not only are the rich getting richer,...
by Martin Marty | Sep 28, 2011 | Opinion
Random headlines from daily newspapers which reached our door recently: “Pope Ventures Into Land of Luther, and Criticism,” “A Papal Homecoming to a Combative Germany: Benedict Faces Calls for Change,” “Pope to Visit Germany Amid...
by Robert Parham | Sep 28, 2011 | Opinion
Corrections Corporation of America is a private prison corporation that profits from anti-immigration laws it helps to pass. National Public Radio reported in October 2010: “NPR spent the past several months analyzing hundreds of pages of campaign finance...
by Andrew Gardner | Sep 27, 2011 | Opinion
Street evangelists are perhaps some of the most courageous Christians I can think of, but until they begin to emphasize the rest of the four cardinal virtues, their ministry will lack a Christian method. As students on campuses across the country return to the groove...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 26, 2011 | Opinion
The dog has picked up a new habit. As we leave the house for a near-dawn walk each morning, he runs left and right a couple of times, as far as the retractable leash will allow him, then he grabs an acorn from the road in front of a neighbor’s home, and starts...
