To those of us trying to run a small business it was no surprise when the Gallup organization announced on April 11 that its research shows unemployment at about 20%. Here in the Appalachians, buckle of the Bible belt, it …
Christian Republicans are starting to look like they are in a fix. The party is always trying to decide if it wants to be socialist lite, or if it will be firmly allied with the moral right. Besides this struggle …
The giant news all week was the hearings before the Supreme Court over the Obamacare health plan. Twenty-seven states sued to have the mandated insurance program overturned. It was the government’s contention that everyone must somehow have health insurance and …
Last night Kirk Cameron premiered his documentary to the watching world as a one-night event. He plans to roll out the film to theaters nationwide, but will need your help to bring it to a theater near you. Show your …
This week, instead of proclaiming my unvarnished opinion, I am instead posing questions. I am asking you, my readers, to give your considered response. I will set it up for you. Here is the situation as I see it. Last …
Today the hoopla hits its grand marching beat as Republicans flock to the polls. There we are to select the candidate who will, in theory, run the country for the next four year term. So, the importance of our voting …
With this week’s explosion over the question of financing contraceptives and abortafacients by religious organizations, we are visiting ground both ancient and forever new. We may be seeing what appears to be a unique fight beginning, but in its fundamental …
Dear Delegate Joseph P. Johnson Jr., I have followed the recent controversy concerning the 2012 United States, National Defense Authorization Act which seems by its language to hand authority to the military to arrest and indefinitely hold without trial, American …
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The contest is now engaged to see who will be the Republican nominee for president in the next election. There is nothing else in the news. Every pundit yammers like an old air compressor pounding the few bits of actual …
As another election cycle advances upon us we Christians find ourselves vexed in our duties and allegiances. The conservative culture to which we are attracted informs us we must vote for the candidate that can win but our hearts understand …