November 6, 2008 RSS feed / Opinions

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Worshipping together

By GARY TOOLE
I know times have changed and some of the changes are good and positive, but when folks begin to rule out all the old ways, then something's wrong. More...

Book Review

The Bible Salesman By CLYDE EDGERTON
Reviewed by PEGGY BARNETT

Author of Walking Across Egypt and Lunch at the Piccadilly, Clyde Edgerton is once again offering humor and food for thought in a novel set in the South. Henry Dampier is the Bibler salesman. More...

Vox Pop

A report in the latest issue of Reader's Digest shows that the rest of the world heavily favors Barack Obama as the next president of the United States. Why do you think the rest of the world favors Obama? More...

This election has brought new young voters to bear burden of leading nation - and we hope they're right

By KIP BURKE news editor

No matter how you feel about the results of this week's presidential election, the election's big story may be the transformation of formerly disinterested parts of the population - by which I mean young people - into active, passionate campaigne More...

Put contract where the value is

It is an established fact that money spent in a community such as ours circulates about seven times before it leaves. More...

Political Cartoon

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Baptists, it's said, have a history of sneaky drinking but if they aren't driving, I say let them have their fun

By LORAN SMITH columnist

Growing up in the era of religious taboos—don't do this, don't do that—I can remember that strong drink got the most critical castigation, even though it was obvious that few were practicing what they were preaching. More...