by Colin Harris | Dec 2, 2019 | Opinion
There has been no lack of comment and analysis in response to the rare, even unique experience of the U.S. House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee’s impeachment inquiry and open hearings. The interplay of competing narratives, the contrasts between the...
by Thomas Kidd | Sep 25, 2015 | Opinion
Ben Carson stirred up the latest Republican primary tempest last weekend when he volunteered the opinion that he “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation.” What should we make of this statement? First, it speaks to a pervasive...
by Randy Hyde | Feb 7, 2013 | Opinion
One Sunday after worship, I greeted a young man who was visiting with us for the first and – as it would turn out – the last time. Before I had the opportunity to introduce myself and welcome him, and without so much as a “hello, howdy,” he pointed to a...
by Colin Harris | Dec 2, 2011 | Opinion
While Article VI of our Constitution provides that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States,” and the First Amendment provides clear protection against the establishment of religion...
by Bob Cornwall | Jul 1, 2011 | Opinion
A lot of people are arguing about the meaning and the use of the Constitution of the United States. When the new Congress began, a group of Republicans decided to read an edited version (one that didn’t include the part about slaves being three-fifths of a...