by Mitch Randall | Jun 11, 2020 | Opinion
Democracy teetered on the brink of collapse on June 1. Responding to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of police a week earlier, thousands of citizens marched demanding justice. They declared that Black Lives Matter and advocated for a...
by Wendell Griffen | Jun 9, 2020 | Opinion
The world has been protesting since a smartphone video taken by a courageous black teenager became public about the horrific and brutal death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, at the hands, knees and omissions of four Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officers. People in...
by Jim Holladay | Jun 4, 2020 | Opinion
Every time I see the picture of the president standing by the signboard of St. John’s Church holding a Bible as if it were some talisman, I am stunned. In my soul, it just seems so wrong. So wrong for a politician to use sacred space to make a political point. So...
by Roger Olson | Feb 20, 2020 | Opinion
There are many reasons why we should all be afraid. No, I don’t mean our lives should be ruled by fear. I mean reasonable fear of the reasonably possible. For example, in this sense of “fear,” I fear that a reckless driver will run his or her red light whenever I come...
by Starlette Thomas | Feb 18, 2020 | Opinion
America’s citizens are divided, nearly split down the middle when it comes to politics, our perspective on any number of issues and the current president. Red and blue states, there are no signs of anyone waving a white flag. No signs of surrender. No middle ground,...
