by Colin Harris | Sep 16, 2026 | Opinion
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” This memorable line from Shakespeare’s Juliet suggests the reality of something doesn’t depend on what name it happens to be called. It has been widely applied to matters from the romantic to the political. We...
by Colin Harris | Sep 8, 2026 | Opinion
It has been hard not to notice the drama of the ballroom project being constructed where the East Room of the White House once stood. As an example of executive action unrestrained by normal checks and balances and unguided by relevant policies and procedures, it has...
by Colin Harris | Jul 29, 2026 | Opinion
My earliest memory of an encounter with the Ten Commandments was in Dr. Redding’s class in what was then called the junior department of our Sunday School. Our little group of pre-adolescent boys probably had the typical pattern of engagement with these basic rules of...
by Colin Harris | Jan 27, 2026 | Opinion
Those of us who have been around the track more than a few times are familiar with the feeling that comes in response to certain patterns of experience: “I think I’ve seen this movie before.” More than 60 years ago, in the decade-long process of nonviolent...
by Colin Harris | Nov 25, 2025 | Opinion
These days, it’s hard not to think of theologian Karl Barth’s counsel that the proclamation of the gospel should be done with the Bible in one hand and that morning’s newspaper in the other. It was a fitting image when he said it. It is a memorable one now, with the...
