by Michael Chancellor | Mar 8, 2021 | Opinion
The latest COVID-19 relief bill finally passed the U.S. Senate over the weekend. It will now go back to the House of Representatives for reconciliation and then to the president to sign. This relief bill will become law split pretty much along party lines. That...
by Paul Lewis | Jan 13, 2021 | Opinion
Politicians and pundits ponder what a fitting response should be to the storming of the US Capitol on Jan. 6. Some say we should impeach the president again, remove him from office by invoking the 25th Amendment or pursue both. Others say that either course would be...
by Michael Chancellor | Dec 4, 2020 | Opinion
The United States has suffered a grave malady over the last 20 years or so. I will call it “a hardening of the categories.” This most recent election gives us a clear illustration of what exactly I reference. The Republicans threw stones at the Democrats calling them...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 13, 2020 | Opinion
What from this odd time in which we now live will be talked about and dissected years and decades from now? Oh, a plentiful harvest of topics awaits future historians, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists and others. From a religious angle, however, the...
by Stuart R. Sprague | Oct 9, 2020 | Opinion
The only way to speak truth to power for much of human history has been in person – face to face with the powerful ones. Jesus’ ministry demonstrated this reality. His encounters with Pilate and with the Jewish leaders who enabled the Romans to exert their control...
