by John D. Pierce | Aug 26, 2011 | Opinion
Photo from bombayharbor.comBy John Pierce Back when the late Millard Fuller first started running around shouting, “No more shacks!” — who could have imagined the global impact that would follow for Habitat for Humanity...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 20, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce The death of Ed Corson, longtime Macon, Ga., newspaper editor, columnist and college professor is sad news to report. This uniquely gifted communicator and interpreter of current events died this morning from cancer. He was also a fine Christian...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 16, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce Jerry Seinfeld observed: “It’s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.” Yep, and you never know what some crazy editor will include or exclude. And while electronic...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 9, 2011 | Opinion
Dr. Virginia Connally (left) and friend Janet Erwin in England’s Coventry Cathedral in 2005.By John Pierce Virginia Boyd Connally, M.D., is my 98-year-old friend in Abilene, Texas. She is simply remarkable. I got to know Dr. Connally while touring England...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 29, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce With all the animosity in the current political squabbles that occupy the news, I was glad for a simpler conversation. That’s what I find outside the season ticket holders’ gate at Atlanta’s Turner Field where “The...