by Shane McNary | Apr 5, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The 75th anniversaries of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the establishment of the World Health Organization are observed this year. WHO was founded on April 7, 1948, preceding by seven months the adoption of the Universal Declaration on December 10. The...
by Monty Self | Apr 4, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
This year’s World Health Day, April 7, marks the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization. The WHO was founded in 1948, following World War II and the creation of the United Nations, for the purpose of promoting public health, keeping the world safe from...
by James Gordon | Apr 3, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
I am tired of culture wars. I’m weary of conflicted opinions fueled by endless anger, contested worldviews excluding each other, and confrontational ideologies as the default of public discourse encountering disagreement. Susan Harding coined the phrase...
by Ed Hogan | Mar 31, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
I grew up in East Texas where most people were Baptists and Methodists, so the most religious diversity I experienced was playing football with my Catholic neighbors. This all changed when I went to college at The University of Texas at Austin. I met famed atheist...
by Colin Harris | Mar 31, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
How might we find and choose our way on the path to the future? Two images from a recent Saturday night prompted some reflection on this question. The first was a stage production of “The Sound of Music” performed by older children and teenagers who are part of a...
by Justin Cox | Mar 31, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
I’ve constantly struggled throughout my life at having to do something a particular way because folks told me there was only one way I could do it. Since middle school, I’ve dug in my heels on plenty of hills of resistance, starting with any math teacher who...
