by Colin Harris | Sep 15, 2021 | Opinion
A powerful moment of remembering took place across the U.S. last weekend. The 20th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11 occurred in the midst of unprecedented challenges on many fronts that consume mind, heart and will, making constructive and cooperative progress...
by Colin Harris | Jun 15, 2021 | Opinion
An untruth can be so blatantly obvious, so public, and responses to it so bizarre and unbelievable that it earns the “Big Lie” label. When that happens, it becomes a defining feature of the public conversation, and its crippling effects on commitments to a common good...
by Colin Harris | Jun 2, 2021 | Opinion
The end of a school year, especially this one, prompts some thinking about the place of education in our collective life. Those who have been the “front liners” in this year’s educational campaign – teachers, families, students – deserve our profound respect and...
by Colin Harris | May 10, 2021 | Opinion
A “culture war” seems to be more reflective of a perspective than a crusade on a particular issue. Like the familiar church faction whose agenda is disruption and obstruction, the “cause” seems to be secondary to the need to find an issue that can serve as a basis for...
by Colin Harris | Mar 30, 2021 | Opinion
“Humanitarian crisis” normally – and rightly – describes emergency situations where the well-being of people is in danger to a level that overwhelms their ability to respond. Currently, the influx of unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border has earned the label,...
