by James L. Evans | Aug 25, 2011 | Opinion
I’ve bumped into some interesting nicknames during my life. Because I was tall and thin, friends used to call me “string bean.” My best friend in high school was known as “Dirty Eddie” – which is a whole other story. But how would you...
by Bill Wilson | Aug 25, 2011 | Opinion
Three years ago, our youngest son graduated from college. Yeah! Following graduation, he had no idea what he wanted to do with his degree. Boo! Solution: Take a “gap year” and spend it in South Africa working in a ministry setting. Use that year to sort...
by Naomi King Walker | Aug 25, 2011 | Opinion
Human relationships are complicated. Each of us is uniquely endowed with particular strengths, weaknesses, desires – and peculiarities. The very nature of being human is that we are created to live not only in relationship with God, but with all those other...
by Robert Parham | Aug 25, 2011 | Opinion
A week after billionaire Warren Buffett called for American leaders to increase the taxes on the mega-rich, congressional Republicans called for a tax increase on the poor and middle-class. Republicans want to raise the payroll tax on everyone who makes less than...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 24, 2011 | Opinion
I suspect a lot of people were humming Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On” or Elvis Presley’s “All Shook Up” yesterday when an earthquake centered 40 miles northwest of Richmond rattled its way up and down the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Aug 24, 2011 | Opinion
I am usually amused when I read letters to the editor bemoaning the fact that the paper is too liberal. What we should instead bemoan is that the paper is too white. The media is usually the lens by which we view the world. Yet, at a more profound level, what we...
