America
LaVonne Neff 8-09-2010
When my previous post about Missouri's health-care insurance vote and obesity rates was posted, commenters told me I was
Jennifer Kottler 8-05-2010
In our 24-hour news cycle society, where news and so-called news (sensationalism, by any other name) is thrown at us at lightning speed and in ever-increasing amounts, it can be difficult to distin
Jim Wallis 8-05-2010
There is one thing the opponents of the Cordoba Initiative (that plans to build an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero) have in common with the Cordoba Initiative's leadership: their clear con
Frank Fredericks 8-04-2010
In a unanimous vote yesterday New York City's historic landmarks commission voted to withhold historic protection from the downtown building slated to become a Muslim community center (called Park5
LaVonne Neff 8-02-2010
If I hadn't just read http://www.amazon.com/Moving-Millions-Coyote-Capitalism-Immigration/dp/0...
Edward Gilbreath 7-30-2010
Duane Shank 7-27-2010
This morning, I found a trifecta of three of my favorite op-ed writers in the papers.
Valerie Elverton Dixon 7-22-2010
The controversy over the injustice done to Shirley Sherrod, the African-American woman whose comments on race were taken out of context, misreported, an
Sheldon Good 7-21-2010
BP is spewing sludge into the world again, this time via the Internet, not the Gulf.
Elizabeth Palmberg 7-21-2010
We're in a recession with four or five job seekers to every open job, according to the latest stats -- so
Rev. Gary Wiley 7-20-2010
My name is Rev. Gary Wiley, pastor of justice and care at Trinity Grace Church in New York City. I am an evangelical Christian.
Christine Sine 7-19-2010
The other day, I got together with a pastor friend who is feeling discouraged and overwhelmed by the extent of the Gulf oil spill and his inability
Brian McLaren 7-16-2010
I often say that one of my favorite parts of being a pastor for 24 years was pronouncing the benediction each week at the end of gathered worship.
Majora Carter 7-15-2010
Before the Gulf Coast's 100-percent-human-made oil spill disaster, there was Katrina. That hurricane wasn't the strongest to hit New Orleans.
Lisa Sharon Harper 7-12-2010
Last week President Barack Obama made a bold move. He went on the record explaining, in no uncertain terms, that he is in favor of comprehensive immigr