by Jimmy Carter | Dec 7, 2005 | Opinion
In recent years, I have become increasingly concerned by a host of radical government policies that now threaten many basic principles espoused by all previous administrations, Democratic and Republican. These include the rudimentary American commitment to peace,...
by Britt Towery | Oct 4, 2005 | Opinion
It is odd how much stuff we Americans throw away. There was a day when you could get your radio, TV set, toaster or roller skates repaired. If the soles of your shoes had holes, they could be resoled. Today we live in a disposable society. It is cheaper to buy new...
by Gary Farley | Jul 5, 2005 | Opinion
Essayist, poet, novelist, lay theologian and farmer are all descriptive of the life and work of Wendell Berry. For more than 40 years he has lived on and worked a small farm in Kentucky. His roots are generations deep in this place. He knows its soil, its people and...
by Jim Ball | Jul 5, 2005 | Opinion
The old football metaphor “three yards and a cloud of dust” aptly describes the slow but crucial progress recently made in the Senate on having the federal government of the United States seriously address global warming. But why is progress at the federal...
by Jim Ball | Mar 4, 2005 | Opinion
Are irrational and dangerous end-of-the-world views of conservative Christians—”the earth is going to be burned up anyway, so why care for it”—behind the environmental policies of our Republican-controlled federal government? Put aside for a moment any...
