by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 21, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
“Beside the rivers of Miami, we sat and wept at the memory of our people. There by the palm trees we hung our conga drums, for there Christian nationalists asked us for songs, white supremacists demanded songs of joy; they said ‘Sing us one of your Mambo.’ How can we...
by Wendell Griffen | Oct 20, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Mark Wingfield, executive director and publisher of Baptist News Global, has written an analysis of the current war between Israel and Hamas. I am quoted in it along with others who share similar and different perspectives. The analogy Ashlee Wiest-Laird shared in...
by Jesse Wheeler | Apr 29, 2014 | Opinion
Bad theology kills. For many, the subject of “theology” invokes the image of old white men with impressive beards and antiquated ideas sitting in ivory seminary towers writing really big books that nobody reads. Yet within everything we think, say and do...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Feb 9, 2011 | Opinion
The radical right-wing media is blaming Obama for losing Egypt. Fox News anchorwoman Megyn Kelly, during her Jan. 31 program, stated: “There is concern today that Mr. Obama could go down in history as the president who lost Egypt, a critical ally of ours in the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jan 6, 2010 | Opinion
In April 2007, New York Times columnist David Brooks interviewed a presidential hopeful named Barack Obama. At one point, Brooks asked if Obama ever read the writings of Reinhold Niebuhr. “I love him. He’s one of my favorite philosophers,” was the...
