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Tension over LGBTQ issues splits the Methodist Church locally, nationally

news@greenecountymessenger.comThroughout its long history, the Methodist Church in the United States has reflected the conflict and turmoil that is happening in the world around it, and that was never more apparent than it was in the 1840s.It was then that the church fractured over slavery. ...

OP-ED: We are all harmed by the pure greed of ‘savage capitalism’

Fifteen years ago, a local physician approached me and asked if I’d hire his best friend as a researcher. Even though his physician friend had trained at the Sorbonne in Paris and had been a practicing surgeon for over 20 years in his native country, he could not practice in the United States ...

Newspaper raid should chill all Americans

Marion County, Kansas, is located in the middle of the state, almost three hours west of Kansas City, Kan., and is really not the kind of place anyone would really expect to ever hear anything about.It has a population of about 11,000 people, and its weekly newspaper, the ...

OP-ED: The Kennedy story was never that hot

AmericaĢƵ political scribes would do us a favor if they would drop the word “storied” before the name “Kennedy.” America does not have families that are royal, storied or otherwise special because of the circumstances of members’ birth. Or it shouldn’t.Lest anyone forget the point ...