by Monty Self | Jun 22, 2021 | Opinion
Gain of Function Research (GoFR) is a hot topic in the news these days, but what is it and why would we even consider doing it? GoFR is the alteration of an organism in order to increase specific abilities for future study. Virologist use GoFR to study three areas:...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 21, 2021 | Opinion
“I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to practice a Christian faith that says this is all there is to belief.” I said this in a conversation with a Christian leader, but I don’t think he heard me. It has been said for years but much of the North American church was...
by Kip Banks Sr. | Jun 21, 2021 | Opinion
I was blessed to attend the White House signing ceremony on June 17 for the legislation making Juneteenth a national holiday. This was truly a blessing because my ancestors were enslaved to Michael Brabamour Menard, the founder of Galveston, Texas. They were religious...
by Frank Rees | Jun 21, 2021 | Opinion
We are enduring a rude awakening to realities our everyday life in Australia allows us to ignore. We are discovering things that much of the “majority world” knew all along and lives with all the time. We are realizing that our so-called “normal” is in fact an...
by Terrell Carter | Jun 18, 2021 | Opinion
Valleys can be places of dryness and barrenness. For example, Death Valley, which straddles portions of Nevada and California, is famed for being one of the driest, harshest and most unforgiving places in the United States. It has earned its reputation of being a...
by Isaiah Anthony | Jun 18, 2021 | Opinion
It’s a strange sight – seeing a crowd of 15,000, packed shoulder to shoulder in a convention hall, with no faces covered by the masks that have become so ubiquitous over the last 18 months. Indeed, with the pandemic fading in the United States, there was little need...
