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...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 18, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
A decorative pillow in the hotel lobby brought a quick pause, an easy smile and the iPhone snapshot posted here. It read, “I’d agree with you but then we’d both be wrong.” Its wittiness speaks to how sure we often are about some matters — and our eagerness to win...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Jun 6, 2023 | Christian Nationalism, Feature-, Opinion
“Basic truths are just not there,” evangelical Christian publisher Thomas Nelson said of charlatan David Barton’s fake “history” book falsely claiming that America was founded as a Christian nation. This is the foundational lie of white Christian nationalism, and...
