Heath Ledger's family paid a teary tribute to the late actor as they accepted a top Australian film industry award on his behalf. ...more

December 8, 2008

Republicans opened their scaled-down national convention Monday with calls for aid and compassion as Hurricane Gustav smashed into the Gulf Coast. ...more

September 2, 2008

In reference to the argument about evolution vs. intelligent design, I would say that evolution does seem to have some merit, but intelligent design holds more "proof" for me. No one has ever been able to prove to me that we are here simply at random, that the lungs that breathe the oxygen that feeds my blood that pumps through my heart then traveling to my brain that tell my hand to write this letter is simply random! Or that the sperm that fertilized the egg that divided the cells that became the embryo that turned into my beautiful daughter was random. That this life that I live has no real significance, and that when I die that's it, nothing more! ...more

January 31, 2008

Doesn't Belong In School Regarding "Chastity Is The Ideal, But School Sex Ed Must Recognize Reality" (Our Opinion, Jan. 2): ...more

January 9, 2008