by Steve McSwain | May 12, 2011 | Opinion
In the Twitter world, he’s known as “ReallyVirtual,” an appropriate designation for Sohaib Athar, the Pakistani whose “real time” reporting of the assassination of Osama bin Laden has given him notoriety he’d probably prefer not to...
by Steve McSwain | Apr 22, 2011 | Opinion
I’ll spare you the overworked cliché regarding death and taxes. It’s only half true anyway. Anymore, taxes are as uncertain as the weather. The only thing about which you can really be certain is death itself. You will die. So will I. In fact, we were born...
by Steve McSwain | Nov 26, 2010 | Opinion
Since the 2008 economic collapse, a shift has been taking place in the American consciousness – from a culture of unlimited credit card debt and hefty mortgages to precisely the opposite of this mindset. Today, a culture of debt elimination has grown, especially...
by Steve McSwain | Sep 30, 2010 | Opinion
The pope recently visited England. While addressing parliamentarians and other dignitaries at the Palace of Westminster, he denounced what he described as the “increasing marginalization of religion, particularly Christianity.” After reading excerpts of...
by Steve McSwain | Sep 14, 2010 | Opinion
There’s been plenty in the news about the fundamentalist Christian congregation in Gainesville, Fla., that talked about burning the Quran and the debate about the mosque near Ground Zero. Personally, I hope that the mosque is built on the proposed site in New...