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May 2007

May 24, 2007

Power to the People

John Lennon said it best in 1971!! The link above is one of...

May 23, 2007

NO MORE LIES ABOUT IRAQ OR AL QAEDA

Today we have new fabrications from Bush and his administration. It's just more of the...

May 22, 2007

Six things that trouble me and Five that assure me as an American Democrat

1.I am sorry that that Republicans and many Democrats venerate their party more than their...

May 22, 2007

Why I am a Democrat

I have always been a Democrat. If my definition of the word Democrat were in...

May 22, 2007

Iraq, A Hell on Earth Made in Washington D.C.

Why America went into Iraq is something for the pundits, academics and the politicians to...

May 22, 2007

By their fruits are they known; the smartest thing Congress could do

My faith teaches me that “By your fruits are ye known." I think it's crystal...

May 13, 2007

Save Our Troops!

The other night on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”, GOP Pollster Dr. Frank Luntz...

May 10, 2007

Why Democracies Fail

I'd like to answer my critics before they accuse me of being an "American Hater." ...

May 08, 2007

Bush Said

For years, all we heard from the GOP was that Democrats didn't mean what they...

May 06, 2007

Stop calling it a Democracy

Stop calling the United States of America a Democracy! We are not a democracy! We are...

May 05, 2007

And the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth

I just renewed my domain name for the next five years, which marks my first...

May 01, 2007

On the Turning Away

The greatest threat to World Security is the Cycle of Hatred and Violence. When the cries...

April 2007

April 23, 2007

Today its all about being right

I used to wonder what gave people the right to impose their views upon myself...

April 22, 2007

The Greed of Lower Taxes

I find it strange that so many religious Republicans support lowering taxes. They seem...

April 20, 2007

The Wisdom of the Amish

After the Oct 2, 2006 shooting of an Amish school, the world was astonished by...

April 18, 2007

It’s NOT the guns!

I am not an NRA fanatic. I don't own a gun and doubt I ever...

April 16, 2007

Words matter; let’s change the dialogue

There was a time when doctors were more interested in healing people than making money.There...

April 12, 2007

Imus and the Question of Reverse Racism

It was a great day for the civil rights movement, as CBS decided to...

April 01, 2007

Reconciling Faith with Politics

I watched with great interest a video clip on Senator Barack Obama's website concerning reconciling...

March 2007

March 28, 2007

A Christian Democrat

Hi, So what does a Christian democrat look like? How did we come to...

March 27, 2007

Spy Vs. Spy

Or maybe its Left Vs. Right or Democrat Vs. Republican or is it actually liberal...

March 07, 2007

Common-Good Economics

February 21, 2007 It's common-good economics Government should make essentials affordable TIM SHIPE GUEST COLUMNIST...

February 2007

February 16, 2007

The sufficiency of Scripture

Im interested in opening a little debate as to the sufficiency of Scripture. A...

January 2007

January 27, 2007

Tragic: The Suicide of Jonathan Schulze

Gunfire and IEDs are just the beginning of the dangers for our soldiers and Marines....

January 11, 2007

The Fall of Western Society

Does anyone remember the film, Wag the Dog? It starred John Travolta and was about...

January 10, 2007

Southern Baptist Women in Leadership

Growing up in a Southern Baptist church I never really thought much about the role...

November 2006

November 24, 2006

The International day to end Violence against Women

I was introduced to the topic of gender violence in 1982 when Charles Campbell extracted...

November 20, 2006

What’s Really Fundamental?

I think one of the reasons that I've remained a Democrat is because I never...

November 09, 2006

We won. Now what?

Democrats scored a major victory this election. A big part of the story was the...

November 08, 2006

Mr. President, you asked for a plan.

Mr. President, At a campaign stop in Springfield, Missouri on November 3, Mr. President you...