by Craig Nash | Oct 8, 2026 | Opinion
In 1916, 17-year-old Jesse Washington was lynched in downtown Waco, Texas, just under three miles from where I sit. The event, known here in town as the “First Waco Horror,” followed the pattern of many such executions during the Jim Crow era. It relied on...
by Michael Chancellor | Jul 27, 2026 | Opinion
Pete Hegseth—whom I call Rocket Man, Testosterone Pete, or Mucho (not to be confused with macho) Man—is climbing the steep hill of history, wanting to be remembered for something, preferably a feat that won’t smear his makeup. Having stared into too many FOX News...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 24, 2026 | Opinion
Driving down the interstate in Oklahoma, a large pickup truck sped past me with a familiar bumper sticker on the back window. It read, “Lions Not Sheep.” The message is simple and straightforward: Live your life like a lion and not a sheep. The Lions Not Sheep company...
by Sean Palmer | Jul 21, 2026 | Opinion
I don’t know if Odysseus went to confession often, but in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, he does at least once. The long-departed, though deceased, King of Ithaca returns home to his bride, Penelope, who has waited twenty years for his return. He has fought Trojans,...
by Craig Nash | Jun 7, 2026 | Opinion
Many of us who grew up in evangelical churches went to Sunday school classes in rooms with a poster on the wall titled “Christianity, Cults & the Occult.” The wall chart listed various religious traditions and placed them in categories that essentially...
