by Donna Schaper | Sep 8, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
On September 17, 2011, a bright gold papier- mâché calf in the shape of the Bull of Wall Street, also known as the Charging Bull, was marched down Wall Street towards Zuccotti Park, disrupting brunches. People dropped their glasses of bloody Mary to join the parade....
by Mitch Randall | Sep 7, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
I had, for too many days, taken up residence in a land of despair. It might be the consecutive days of over 100 degrees at the end of summer. It might be the result of those extreme temperatures as another reminder we’ve run out of time to do anything substantial to...
by Barry Howard | Sep 7, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
In the realm of spiritual leadership, pastors shoulder a weighty responsibility of guiding, supporting, and nurturing their congregations. The demands of the role can be both deeply rewarding and incredibly demanding, often leading to isolation and burnout. During...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 6, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Genocide (genos-race/nation + cide-killing) is a nomenclature coined by Raphael Lemkin, a jurist who served as an advisor to the U.S. Department of War during the Second World War. The term helped describe the six million Jews murdered and the near extinction of the...
by Jack Moline | Sep 6, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The public library in Wilmette, Illinois, had a small collection of 8mm films available to borrow. Like every other middle-class family in the 1960s, we had a projector on which to watch the growing collection of home movies that featured silent figures waving at the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 6, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
A few days among the Amish can bring helpful perspective to those of us who happily turn darkness to light with the flip of a switch, hop into the car for a quick run to the grocery store, or pay the bills with a few taps on our smartphones. In an Amish home, a 2:00...
