by Bruce T. Gourley | Dec 28, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
In 2023, white Christian nationalist lawmakers and voters yet again escalated their war on truth, freedom and life. Denial of truth is a key strategy in Christian nationalists’ war against America’s democracy. Many far-right Christians in the United States still deny...
by Thomas Kidd | Jun 6, 2016 | Opinion
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” would make it on my list of must-reads for American cultural literacy. Written as he awaited release from a Birmingham, Alabama, jail in 1963, King explained why the nonviolent protests...
by Andy Williams | Mar 10, 2016 | Opinion
A group of students stood behind the two banners bearing these slogans: “We refuse to be enemies, Spread Hummus not Hate.” They were from all faiths, nations and cultures and had come together to express their unity and commitment to live together in...
by David Kerrigan | Jan 9, 2015 | Opinion
The terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine came as yet another shocking example of the impact of Islamic fundamentalism on today’s world. Nothing, absolutely nothing, that offends us justifies murder. Admittedly that is a Western value, but it...
by Martin Accad | Jul 22, 2014 | Opinion
Israeli assault on Gaza. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS’) assault on everybody. The U.S. assault on Iraq, still vivid in everyone’s memory. Self-proclaimed Muslims attacking the twin towers in New York City. Self-proclaimed Jews burning...