February 10, 2006 Pat Robertson’s Evolution Pat Robertson’s Evolution His increasingly shrill descriptions of how God is punishing people around the world, whether heads of state or ordinary citizens, begs…
January 10, 2006 James Melvin Washington Dr. James Melvin Washington Historian, scholar, teacher and preacher, specializing in the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and an African American…
December 13, 2005 Holiday Spending Holiday Spending: How Much Is Enough? Americans spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year celebrating the winter holidays including Christmas. Even as the…
October 28, 2005 Spending on Holidays in the US Holiday Spending: How Much Is Enough? Americans spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year celebrating holidays including Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day,…
October 7, 2005 Is Bird Flu a Sign of the End? Does a Bird Flu Pandemic Foreshadow the End of the World? Some are predicting the end is near; others are banking on it. Let’s…
September 12, 2005 How Not to Help Hurricane Victims How Not to Help Hurricane Victims: Donors Beware In the days immediately following Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi, FEMA came up with a…
September 7, 2005 New Orleans Evacuations Forced Evacuations?Contemplating the possibility that New Orleans officials will begin to force some citizens to abandon their homes at gun point fills me with…
July 16, 2005 Top Books for Progressive Christians Too Hot To Handle: Top Books For Progressive Christians Here’s my list of the best books in recent years for those ready and willing…
April 30, 2005 Movie Review: Lolita Lolita: Lessons in Love Gone Wrong Adrian Lyne’s controversial film is not so much about pedophilia, as about an obsessive love that can poison…
April 10, 2005 Movie Review: Mel Gibson’s Passion The Passion of the Christ Mel Gibson’s blockbuster reveals more about the personal faith and passions of the movie maker than about Jesus of…
