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Alcorn: No lie in marriage amendment

The illogical arguments for same-sex “marriage” (especially the non sequitur and circular) have begged for correction, and the constant propaganda has forced me to write ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, November 5, 2012 9:29 am

gay marriage

Alcorn: ‘Choice’ to be gay may affect others

The woman very angrily attacked the human rights commission, “Do you think I would choose to live the way I am having to live?” Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, October 29, 2012 11:17 am

presidential race

The president needed not on the ballot

Somewhere out there is the man or woman I would like to become our president. I do not know who this person might be, but ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, October 22, 2012 10:44 am

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Taking the whole Bible as the Bible

Having written here about the inappropriateness and even invalidity of picking and choosing from the Bible what pleases oneself or serves ones own purpose, I ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Tuesday, October 16, 2012 7:37 am

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Picking and choosing can be harmful

American freedom is precious and wonderful, including that of thought, speech, religion, and association. We are free, for instance, to take the Bible or not ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, October 8, 2012 11:50 am

gay marriage

Pope speaking to nuns on gays

A recent political cartoon in one of the Cities’ newspapers shows a severely-cartooned pope saying to favorably-cartooned “U.S. Nuns”: “I’m very upset with you Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, October 1, 2012 11:35 am

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Alcorn: Same-sex marriage is a philosophical impossibility

You can indeed put a square peg into a round hole—if the peg is small enough that its corners get in even when its straight ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, September 24, 2012 11:06 am

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Opinion: New ‘Holton School’ would provide history lesson

If the Austin School Board makes a final decision to name the new school for I.J. Holton — which I very much encourage it to ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, September 17, 2012 10:29 am

Archive

The feeling of an old jalopy heading home

As I recently prepared to attend the 60th reunion of my college class, I did some reflection. Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, September 10, 2012 10:35 am

corporate responsibility

Labor, management need each other

Listening to a group of corporate executives, I heard loud complaints that “you can’t get workers like we used to.” Everyone agreed and attributed problems ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, September 3, 2012 10:24 am

art

Alcorn: Austin’s soul to be shown in artworks festival

There are people who suppose Austin is a town without a soul. Like any small rural town in the Midwest, it just happened and there ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Friday, August 24, 2012 10:04 am

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Austin’s soul to be shown in artworks

There are people who suppose Austin is a town without a soul. Like any small rural town in the Midwest, it just happened and there ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, August 20, 2012 12:00 pm

bullying

Preventing bullying first requires definition

We are much in need of an authoritative, clear definition of “bullying.” Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, August 13, 2012 10:33 am

molestation

Alcorn: Put focus on victims of sexual abuse

Two names from Pennsylvania in recent news coverage should shamefully remind us of the same lesson, which is terribly important to learn and use. The ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, August 6, 2012 11:50 am

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Alcorn: Chick-fil-A misspeaks on same-sex marriage

Chick-fil-A president and chief operating officer, Dan Cathy, made a mistake, I feel, when he opined: “I think we are inviting God’s judgment upon our ... Read more

by Wallace Alcorn, Monday, July 30, 2012 11:45 am

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