Culture

Reaction(s) To Obama’s Morehouse Speech

There has been quite a bit of reaction to the president’s commencement speech this past weekend at the historically-black Morehouse College, and it seems as if there were as many people who disliked it as there were those who loved…
Derryck Green
May 23, 2013
CultureFaith

Where’s The Black Church?

The increasing problems that have infected and affected the black community need to be addressed in a serious and sincere manner.  Most of these problems have at their center a morality that was once readily present in black America, but…
Derryck Green
May 21, 2013
CultureFaith

R.I.P. Dallas Willard

I know that I'm late in acknowledging the passing of Dallas Willard last week, but it's never too late to pay our respects.  Though I don't claim to have known Mr. Willard, I did have the opportunity to meet and…
Derryck Green
May 13, 2013
CulturePolitics

Congressional Black Embarrassment

  Once again, members of the Congressional Black Caucus has found a way to embarrass itself and their constituents.  During the Oversight Committee hearing regarding the "whistle blower" testimony on Benghazi, Elijah Cummings (D- Maryland) - the committee's ranking member, no less- in an…
Derryck Green
May 8, 2013
CultureFaith

National Day of Prayer

This is my simple contribution to Project 21's discussion regarding the National Day of Prayer- Today, as Americans participate in the National Day of Prayer, we should be mindful that our prayers — regardless of our religious tradition — reflect…
Derryck Green
May 2, 2013
CultureFaith

Mercy For Gosnell?

In a Sunday article on First Thing's website , Robert P. George argued that pro-lifers should join him in requesting that Gosnell's life be spared from the death penalty if the jury decides as much.  George, who is overly optimistic,…
Derryck Green
April 15, 2013