VALDOSTA — The Quality of Life Association celebrates black history month with a narrated living timeline showcasing many famous Black history figures of yesterday and today. The fundraising event titled, “All Shades Art Exhibit and…
Rudnick > What’s in a Name?
Legislators in Alabama Push to Rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They shouldn’t. Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor What’s in a name after all? In Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Romeo, a Montague, rather famously…
Rudnik > Indifferent Gods atop a Fallen World
Of course, all lives matter; except when they don’t. Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor It has been said that even “a broken clock is right twice a day.” Rarely do I ever read and…
Rudnik > The Fight for Fair Housing
A Half-Century Removed, the Struggle for Equal Housing—and Communities—Rages Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor: The twentieth century American civil rights movement, principally, spanned a mere fourteen years—from 1954 until 1968. In 1954, the Supreme…
Rudnik > War of the Radicals
Religious Reform and Civil Pluralism: Complementary Concepts in an Era of Discord Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor Recently an infamous arbiter of hatred, Pamela Geller, held a Muhammad cartoon drawing contest in a Dallas…
Rudnik > WarGames and Reality
Nuclear Stockpiles and Cyber-Attacks: A Story We’re Likely All Too Familiar With Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor The 1983 Cold War science fiction film, WarGames, was surely ahead of its time. In the film,…
Rudnick > On Free Speech in a Democratic…
Democracy’s Highest Ideal Must Be Respected, Regardless of a Message or Manner of Protest Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor In the 2001 drama film starring Jim Carrey, “The Majestic,” we’re taken to California in…
Rudnik > A Murder in Living Color
When Watching a Murder Unfold before Our Eyes, We Can Help but Contemplate the Same Question We’ve Pondered for Millennia. Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor I’ve previously written that violence has been inherent to…
Rudnik > Are We Already One?
No. But We Can Be. And We Must Be. Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor Among the most consequential of twentieth century Jewish mystics and theologians, Abraham Heschel famously reminded us of the inherent, insidious…