by Fred Guttman | Jan 4, 2013 | Opinion
In 1903 in Kishinev, which was then part of Russia, there was a terrible pogrom, an anti-Jewish riot. During that riot, 49 Jews were killed and more than 500 were injured. In its aftermath, the Jewish community in the town of Odessa sent a well-known Zionist and...
by Michael Helms | Dec 31, 2012 | Opinion
I often hear people say that the reason for our country’s moral decline is because we can’t read the Bible in the classrooms and because we took prayer out of the schools. Recently, former Arkansas governor and Southern Baptist minister Mike Huckabee was...
by Colin Harris | Dec 31, 2012 | Opinion
The realities of good and evil are powerfully evident in our time, as in most others; the conflicting messages from Christmas (“peace on earth”) and from horrific tragedy (Newtown, Conn.) remind us that the world we sing about in this season and the world...
by Michael Helms | Dec 27, 2012 | Opinion
Not long ago I sat and watched a couple of boys as they played video games. While the younger boy raced cars, the older boy played a military commando game. The object of the race was obvious: finish first. The object of the commando game was obvious, too: kill all...
by David Hughes | Dec 25, 2012 | Opinion
Contrary to popular opinion, the Christmas story is not all sweetness and light. Lost in our usual Christmas shuffle of gift-giving, carol-singing and candle-lighting is the sobering tale of the “slaughter of the innocents” recorded in the Bible. According...
