Wallace Alcorn, Author at Austin Daily Herald - Page 10 of 10

Columns

How dirty can politics become?

In recent political campaigns we seem to be slipping back into an earlier disgraceful period of dirty politics and disgraceful personal slander. I want to ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, October 25, 2010 12:32 pm

Columns

Don’t blame the editor for this

Exactly 40 years ago (1970), The New York Times instituted a page its editors dubbed Op-Ed, i.e., Opposite Editorial. You are reading the Austin Daily ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, October 18, 2010 10:52 am

FEATURE SPOT -- COLUMN

Let’s think beyond the yellow ribbon

When our younger son deployed from Germany to Saudi Arabia and went into Iraq the first time, we tied a yellow ribbon around an oak ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, October 11, 2010 9:50 am

FEATURE SPOT -- COLUMN

All deserving of a safe place

I have either observed, participated in, or even chaired scores of sessions in which gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people have presented their cases for ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, October 4, 2010 11:12 am

Columnists

Vocabulary demands precision

I recently joked with a university writing class that a “synonym” is the word you use when you don't know how to spell the other ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, September 27, 2010 8:54 am

Columnists

Language makes a difference

Young students seem to have the attitude that English language courses are a pointless academic exercise unrelated to real life and intended largely to make ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, September 20, 2010 11:36 am

Faith

Using right to burn is wrong

Gen David Petraeus is wrong. Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, September 13, 2010 11:38 am

Columnists

Meaning of Labor Day

That Labor Day has come to be thought of as Labor Union Day is unfortunate enough, because unions have never and cannot ever represent all ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, September 6, 2010 11:10 am

Faith

Quran used in many ways

The nature of Islam and the role of Muslims in American culture and society challenges us as, arguably, no other religious-political issue has ever done ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, August 30, 2010 7:47 am

Faith

Beyond the ground zero mosque

The mosque should be allowed near ground zero, but it should not be there. This is to say, New York City should allow the mosque ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, August 23, 2010 11:43 am

Columnists

Attempting to understand

I write this prior to seeing what my neighbors and friends will have contributed to the Herald’s special (Sunday, Aug. 15) on the 25th anniversary ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, August 16, 2010 8:05 am

Columnists

Putting focus on good days

“What should medicine do when it can’t save your life?” I find this question critical, profound, and almost existential. It is raised by Atul ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, August 9, 2010 7:44 am

Columnists

Immigration law necessary

The new Arizona immigration law is admittedly extreme, immediately necessary, and ultimately constitutional. Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, August 2, 2010 7:49 am

Archive

True tolerance goes all ways

In regard to the Indian sacred ground, the federal government is telling citizens who own the ground and pay taxes to maintain it something they ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, July 19, 2010 7:45 am

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