by Michael Chancellor | Nov 7, 2022 | Opinion
I helped a client find where to “early vote” in her county last week. After she had voted, she texted me that she was successful, noting that it was not crowded and that she looked forward to the results. I texted her back, “You have just saved democracy.” Perhaps, we...
by Barry Howard | Nov 4, 2022 | Opinion
I had the privilege of spending a part of my summer sabbatical in Europe in 2012. Just before beginning a summer term at Oxford University, I visited several historic sites from the ancient Roman Empire, trying to brush up on my knowledge of the history of Western...
by Jim Holladay | Nov 4, 2022 | Opinion
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by Ron Rolheiser | Nov 3, 2022 | Opinion
Shortly after ordination, doing replacement work in a parish, I found myself in a rectory with a saintly old priest. He was over 80, nearly blind, but widely sought out and respected, especially as a confessor. One night, alone with him, I asked him this question: “If...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 2, 2022 | Opinion
The people have gone mad. There really is no other way to explain it. Why else would they vote for an individual or party which has declared itself to be fascists while wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross? Can they not see that the riots in the streets at the...
by Richard P. Olson | Nov 2, 2022 | Opinion
There is one “-ism” that seems to receive less attention than the others: ageism. In her book Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders, Mary Pipher suggests a connection between ageism and xenophobia, writing: “In America, we are xenophobic...
