by Justin Cox | Feb 21, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Everywhere, there are signs. Signs in yards. Signs on faces. Slogans plastered on hats. Flags are rippling in the wind. A menagerie of memes is flooding social media feeds. There is no escaping the buffet of bumper stickers bombarding my front windshield view whenever...
by Sean McKenzie | Sep 7, 2022 | Opinion
I have a conservative friend with whom I’ve been arguing politics for the past 30 years. From time to time, he will text me with whatever liberals have done that has him outraged. He was particularly upset when President Biden called MAGA Republicans “semi-fascist.”...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 25, 2012 | Opinion
One of the most common “talking points” in political speeches, media commentary and “coffee shop” conversations during election season is about “small government” versus “big government.” We are told that conservatives...
by Starlette Thomas | Sep 19, 2012 | Opinion
“Never think that you need to protect God. Because anytime you think you need to protect God, you can be sure that you are worshipping an idol.” – Stanley Hauerwas Afraid. It is the best way to describe my feelings about the conversations that are taking...
by Robert Parham | Sep 12, 2012 | Opinion
The claim that the Democratic Party is a party of faith is as strikingly exaggerated as the claim that the GOP stands for God’s Only Party. The Baptist Center for Ethics has long covered and constantly challenged the dangerous ties between the Christian Right...