by Jim Hopkins | Jul 31, 2020 | Opinion
Spitting, licking fingers and high-fiving. These common practices will have to be curbed significantly by Major League Baseball players in the name of public health as their abbreviated season begins. This is demanding work because habits, by definition, are hard to...
by Jim Holladay | Jul 17, 2020 | Opinion
Clarence Jordan, in his “Cotton Patch” version of Paul’s letters, renders Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 5:18 this way, “It is [God] who, through Christ, bridged the gap between himself and us, and who has planted in us his concern for getting together.”...
by Wendell Griffen | Jul 13, 2020 | Opinion
The board of regents of Baylor University recently announced the formation of a 26-person Commission on Historic Campus Representations. According to a July 6, 2020, press release, the commission “will provide guidance on presenting Baylor’s complete history as the...
by David Jordan | Jul 2, 2020 | Opinion
The famous statue of Teddy Roosevelt will be removed from the Museum of Natural History in New York City. Why? And what can we learn from his terribly flawed worldview? Demonstrations around the world are highlighting abuse by police and concerns for racial justice....
by Joao Chaves | Jul 2, 2020 | Opinion
Education in the U.S. has a special place in the minds of people around the world. The resources of U.S. schools are a major reason for the way in which they capture the imagination of foreigners like me. Access to large, well-staffed libraries, exposure to...
