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Letter from the Editor: “Under God” not protected under Constitution

January 29, 2003 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief At some point this year, the country is going to get all fired up about the Pledge of Allegiance... again. Last summer, of course, a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge in California wrote the majority opinion in a 2-1 vote that declared one phrase-"one nation under God"-in the Pledge unconstitutional. The case ... [Read More…]

No winners in divorce – only losers

January 29, 2003 by Optimist Reader

My marriage of 22 years ended the 30th of December, 2002 when my final divorce hearing was held. The divorce was not my idea and the reason my spouse has or had makes no difference in the broad scheme of things. What I see as a travesty is the fact that there are no winners in divorce-just losers. I compare the emotional pain of divorce to having ... [Read More…]

We all fight in the Lord’s army

January 29, 2003 by Optimist Editorial Board

If you have managed to pull yourself away from your classes, intramurals and Sing Song practice lately, you may have noticed that the United States is about to enter into a war with Iraq. And so the question begins floating around churches: "Should Christians fight?" and "Is it OK with God if we kill in the name of our country?" Time is spent ... [Read More…]

Column Like I See ‘Em: FedEx delivers most creative commercial

January 29, 2003 by Steve Holt

By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor When I wasn't laughing at Rich Gannon and the Raiders on Sunday, I was laughing at the commercials. Super Bowl XXXVII contained a plethora of laugh-out-loud moments while the play clock was running, but advertisers again coughed up a pretty penny to make viewers giggle and gasp even more during commercial ... [Read More…]

When “dumb” meets “dumber”-true stories

January 24, 2003 by Joel Weckerly

Weck's World Many stupid people exist in this world. This isn't a new revelation, of course, but sometimes it takes a few real-life newspaper articles to bring that idea home. Take, for example, an article found in the Dec. 10, 2002 copy of the Merced (Calif.) Sun-Star, which reported that an unarmed man was taken to a hospital in Modesto, ... [Read More…]

Chapel leaders take wrong turn

January 24, 2003 by Optimist Editorial Board

The Chapel Programming Team's five-year Chapel plan is "not that concrete," leaders say. Thank goodness for that. Because if Chapel is pushed in the direction Brad Carter and others want it to go, the university's sense of community could fade away. A number of statements in the five-year plan make it clear that the team does not see Chapel as a ... [Read More…]

Letter from the Editor: Rights groups, not GOP, divide races

January 17, 2003 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief America's civil rights groups have branded the Republican Party, and more specifically its conservative wing, as racist. They'll never come out and say as much; the middle-class moderates would crucify the liberal Democrats who kowtow to these groups. But now that President Bush has renominated the rejected ... [Read More…]

Focus misdirected in “Christianity in Culture”

January 17, 2003 by Optimist Reader

We study U2 today, will it be "Will & Grace" tomorrow? Having just finished a Fall section of Bible 212, I must say I'm disappointed in the curriculum of ACU's Christianity in Culture class. This course is supposedly designed to teach us to "think like a Christian," but how in the world is listening to popular music, reading novels, and ... [Read More…]

Illinois governor takes refreshing leap of grace

January 17, 2003 by Optimist Editorial Board

With 48 hours left in his term, Illinois Governor George Ryan made a monumental and vital announcement. On Jan. 10, the outgoing governor of Illinois pardoned four wrongly-accused men; the next day and then commuted the the state's 167 death row inmates' sentences. Ryan, a Republican and former death penalty supporter, made the right decision ... [Read More…]

Column Like I See ‘Em: Jesus Christ was the liberal of his day

January 17, 2003 by Steve Holt

By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor Liberal. Get the heebie-jeebies just now when you read that? Sometimes I think mentioning of the word is punishable by death in Texas. That was a joke, of course. But the sad question that often follows someone revealing that they lean left politically is this: "And you're a Christian?" Have you ever considered ... [Read More…]