Opinion

A theologian friend took her car to a Jiffy Lube for servicing. Not having anything to read, she picked up a manual on the coffee table about boating. A chapter on the rules for what […]

It really isn’t a contrast of two distinct cities. Charlotte, N.C. and Tampa, Fla. have a lot in common. They are National Football League cities with a recent history of growth and cutting-edge technology leading […]

President Barack Obama’s negotiations with Republicans over extending both the Bush tax cuts and unemployment benefits reminded me of an episode of The Apprentice. In week 11, the Octane team of Clint and Steuart was […]

After carefully measuring their words for two years, frustrated progressives are becoming less reluctant to publicly express their disappointment concerning President Obama’s unwillingness to stand up for his principles amid a strident Republican campaign to […]

Shortly after the new year began, Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people and left more than one million homeless. The promise of help came from around the world: […]

After hearing Minister Louis Farrakhan roundly denounced by Black and Jewish leaders in 1984, purportedly for describing Judaism as a “gutter religion,” I called Farrakhan before writing a story for the Chicago Tribune. Farrakhan denied […]

My generation gets a bad rep. We’re seen as the “me” generation; it’s all about the individual. Me, me, me. Well, they’re right. We are selfish and one thing that we’re selfish about is our […]