by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 24, 2021 | Opinion
People of a certain age remember a 1987 public service ad campaign directed against drug use. An actor holding an egg says, “This is your brain.” He points to a cast iron frying pan bubbling with hot oil: “This is drugs.” Cracking the egg into the pan, he says “This...
by Jack Moline | Aug 14, 2019 | Opinion
Is it all right to allow someone to live in benign ignorance if the result is somehow beneficial? There is a story I have heard in many versions that illustrates my question. It likely originates about 250 years ago with a rabbi named Moses Hagiz, who claims to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 18, 2014 | Opinion
This little guy (or girl) is a bandit who steals from the birds. Or, you could consider him a user, who only comes to visit when he needs something. You could think of him as an opportunist, who keeps his eyes open for things that can be turned to his advantage. On...
by Bob Browning | Feb 12, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky., on January 29, 2012. Mark 1:21-28 Have you ever interrupted a preacher while he or she was delivering a sermon? I’ve sat through a few sermons I wanted to interrupt and have preached...
by Ron Crawford | Sep 20, 2010 | Opinion
The table saw and I had a disagreement. I lost! I was working on this great furniture project in my garage and was not being as careful as I should have been. I now have three healing fingers, but thanks be to God, I still have 10 fingers. As the ER doctor put it,...
