by Starlette Thomas | Jan 17, 2023 | Opinion
January 17 is the National Day of Racial Healing. It is part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation effort, a national endeavor that is community-based and hopes to bring about transformational change. The W.K. Kellogg...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 9, 2023 | Opinion
America has a long history of attacking itself. Not a new problem, Jesus spoke of a kingdom divided against itself. The final report from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has been released after an 18-month investigation into former...
by Randall Balmer | Dec 14, 2022 | Opinion
A colleague once remarked, “I teach for free. They pay me to grade.” I suspect anyone engaged in pedagogy understands that sentiment, especially those of us who teach in the humanities. In the STEM disciplines, at least it appears to me from afar, you’re more likely...
by Colin Harris | Oct 27, 2022 | Opinion
Integrity seems to be on the ballot this election season, maybe as much or more than it has been in recent memory. The dominant issues identified by the analysts and pollsters – abortion, the economy, immigration, crime, even “threat to democracy” – ebb and flow in...
by Michael Chancellor | Oct 24, 2022 | Opinion
Why are some people apparently not thinking about much of anything? That thought was on my mind one recent morning, leading me to spend some time thinking about thinking. Thinking appears to be a risk for some because it is uncharted, unfamiliar territory. Some think...