by Rebecca M. David Hensley | May 19, 2025 | Opinion
In season six, episode seven of Hulu’s rendition of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian nightmare “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the main character experiences a gut-check moment. June, the once-enslaved handmaid turned fugitive refugee, has just been confronted with a horrific...
by Regina Cates | May 17, 2025 | Opinion
I am an “other.” When I was young, you wouldn’t have known it. I blended into what was considered acceptable and better – a white skin, obedient, Christian girl. But, around age seven, I began to grasp that the secret I was living with would eventually undo the...
by Mitch Randall | May 16, 2025 | Opinion
Blaming immigrants for almost everything has become a strategy for both Republicans and Democrats. While Democrats tend to be more tolerant, it’s becoming apparent that some are shifting blame to immigrants for specific issues. The New York Times recently reported...
by Steve Harmon | May 16, 2025 | Opinion
Although its origins are likely more Western and recent, “May you live in interesting times!” is often quoted as an ancient Chinese saying. It can function either as a blessing or a curse. Regardless of the saying’s origins, Pope Leo XIV has indeed ascended to the...
by Keith Herron | May 16, 2025 | Opinion
When the naiveté of the 1950s gave way to the clamoring of change in the ’60s, even the stodgy traditionalist Norman Rockwell grew. For decades, Rockwell painted what we considered our greatest American values. But in the early 1960s, he began exploring our American...
by Craig Nash | May 15, 2025 | Opinion
After every U.S. election since 1980 that has resulted in a Republican president, political observers have “discovered” a new stream within the Christian tradition to write about. For the Reagan and (to a lesser extent) George H.W. Bush elections, the focus was on the...
