by Raouf J. Halaby | Aug 20, 2025 | Opinion
Because of their sacred duty to truth, accuracy and objectivity, the American media employs thousands of dedicated women and men to disseminate domestic and international news. The press has long been called the “Fourth Branch” of the U.S. government. And yet, due to...
by Craig Nash | Aug 19, 2025 | Opinion
Early in Stripes, the 1981 comedy about Army misfits, a sergeant gathers a group of recruits for a time of getting to know each other. One recruit launches into a diatribe about how he wants to be named and treated: “The name’s Francis Soyer, but everybody calls...
by Craig Nash | Aug 19, 2025 | Opinion
A recent study found a smaller percentage of people in the United States consume alcohol than at any time since Gallup began collecting data on drinking in 1939. In their first survey, taken six years after the end of prohibition in the U.S., 58% said they...
by Leah Davis | Aug 19, 2025 | Opinion
On a recent Sunday, I confessed to my suburban Washington, D.C. congregation something I had never done before in nearly 20 years of preaching and pastoring: I scrapped the previously written sermon and started over on Saturday night. Sure, I have altered sermons the...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 18, 2025 | Opinion
Preaching is resurrection practice. It’s an odd rehearsal. The preacher’s robe is from the grave clothes section of liturgical garments. One foot in front of the other, we, preachers, are led to the pulpit “like a sheep led to the slaughter,” sometimes foolishly...
by Ken Sehested | Aug 18, 2025 | Opinion
Apparently, it was tea and crumpets at the Vlad-and-Donnie showdown. You knew something was up when Our Dear President applauded Putin as he descended the stairs of the Russian presidential airplane—dwarfed next to Air Force One—onto a red carpet, no less. Putin, who...
