by Rebecca Kennedy | Oct 2, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Prosecutor or Criminal? Prosecutor or Criminal? Prosecutor or Criminal? It was a consistent mantra throughout the Democratic National Convention. While I didn’t watch all four nights, I watched enough for that to be one of my takeaways. While this was still on my...
by Craig Nash | Jul 3, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
In a recent article for Slate, Bill Pruitt, one of the producers of “The Apprentice,” revealed many of the tricks of scripted reality television that helped recraft an image of Donald Trump, an image many experts believe placed him in the White House. Since the 1990s,...
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 John D. Pierce | Sep 5, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
It’s not a new idea: We reap what we sow. At least as old as the writing of Galatians 6:7, it is a timeless principle. When it comes to the relationship between hostile rhetoric and violent wrongdoings, the early apostle’s words provide a better perspective than...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 1, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Often, we are less tolerant than we claim. At least that is my confession. Intolerance is not necessarily a bad thing. Our tolerance levels seem to change with age and experience. Mine lean now toward less noise and fewer people at a time. Deeper conversations are...
