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Two parallels and an outlier: Graham Platner, Roy Moore and Donald Trump

The stories of Graham Platner and Roy Moore, although unfolding in different parties and different eras, trace the same institutional pattern: Modern political parties elevate outsiders when they are useful and abandon them when they become inconvenient. Platner and Moore...

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HERITAGE: Clothesline of history

For the second summer, this columnist participated in the after-school program of the African Christian Community Church which meets in the old sanctuary of Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church in Richmond, Va. The Richmond Baptist Association adopted the African Christian Church…

Play the ball where it lays

Recently I heard the story of a golf course that had quite a unique problem — a monkey infestation. (I think this course must have been in India!) It created all kinds of issues on the golf course. The golfers…

WINN RECOMMENDS

Scripture and the Authority of God, N. T. Wright (HarperOne) Few theological ideas seem more pivotal as well as more problematic that getting some kind of agreement on what exactly the Scripture is — what does Scripture do for us…

VITAL SIGNS: Recalculating

It comes in a variety of accents. It can be a man’s voice or a woman’s (my favorite is the female Australian). It can break your heart or serve as a warning. It will mock you. It will scold you….

OPINION: Whom shall we kill?

Troy Davis has been denied clemency by the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Our country witnesses, once again, a flawed system at work. From the pope to Jimmy Carter, leaders are calling for a stay in the execution,…

OUT LOUD

“Sadly, the constituency for human rights and religious freedom issues is growing smaller and smaller in Washington and in this Congress. These issues have become second-class citizens in this Congress and in this town.” Rep. Frank Wolf The Republican congressman…