My friends and I are young and hip. We buy local, ride bikes, vote for Nader, and we do not despise conspiracy theory.
Culture Watch
Danny Duncan Collum 3-01-2002
During the month of March, PBS affiliates will be airing a documentary called Welcome to the Club—The Women of Rockabilly.
Julie Polter 3-01-2002
A few blocks away, a sidewalk mailbox is covered with a magic-marker tribute to a young man downed in a shooting—"RIP Boo"
Teresa Blythe 3-01-2002
A frequent comment by political pundits after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was that the United States lacks "good old-fashioned human intelligence" against terrorism.
Danny Duncan Collum 1-01-2002
The song has again become a vital statement of hope and even a resource for resistance.
Marie Dennis 1-01-2002
She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse, by Elizabeth Johnson (Crossroad/Herder & Herder).
Molly Marsh 1-01-2002
The term reconciliation carries such a chord of optimism; it conjures images of issues resolved and friendships re-established. But it’s usually wrenching work.
Daniel Tepfer 1-01-2002
Understanding Islam, by Thomas W. Lippman, is a thorough history of Islam and its adherents from a geopolitical perspective.
Carrie Newcomer 1-01-2002
Friends, this song is called "I Heard an Owl," and it was written two days after the Sept. 11 tragedy.
Chris Byrd 11-01-2001
Birminghamians live with their history more than most Americans, and Birmingham's story is linked to the nation's history more than most cities.
Danny Duncan Collum 11-01-2001
For more than 20 years, Elie Wiesel has been America's official bearer of memory, keeper of accounts, and arbiter of propriety regarding the Holocaust.
Danny Duncan Collum 11-01-2001
‘‘The [Harry Potter computer] game will feature a series of challenges, all inspired by the original book's storyline..."
Teresa Blythe 11-01-2001
Although a "show about nothing" may seem to offer us little to ponder theologically, we need only look at the Jewish tradition of seeking wisdom to see connections to Seinfeld.
Joe Roos 11-01-2001
Christopher Hitchens, in this illuminating assessment of Henry Kissinger's war crimes, reports on a filmed 1998 interview with Michael Korda, senior editor of Simon and Schuster.