by Raouf J. Halaby | Jan 14, 2009 | Opinion
In his 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning antiwar play, “The Teahouse of the August Moon,” playwright John Patrick created the fictional village of Tobiki on the island of Okinawa in post-World War II Japan. Representing the Allied occupying forces, Col. Purdy...
by Maital Guttman | Jan 14, 2009 | Opinion
With family living in Israel and two cousins in the Israeli army, I have been watching the Gaza situation carefully. It is heartbreaking. It is tragic. Innocent people on both sides are suffering. But now is not the time for inflammatory remarks. Now is not the time...
by Larry Greenfield | Jan 14, 2009 | Opinion
The writer of the Gospel of Mark is a little vague about the numbers. When reporting on how many people from the Judean countryside came out to see and hear John the baptizer in the wilderness, the writer just says they came from all over the place. The reportage...
by Adam Hamilton | Jan 9, 2009 | Opinion
Like me you’ve no doubt been following the current hostilities between Israel and Hamas. How much do you know about the situation? I’d like to offer a few bits of information as you seek to make sense of what’s happening there. First, a bit of history: In ancient...
by Brian Kaylor | Jan 8, 2009 | News
The ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus once proclaimed, “In war, truth is the first casualty.” More than 2,000 years later, his words still ring true. A Jan. 5 Baptist Press article on the conflict in Gaza included several misleading claims and untrustworthy sources....
