I recently read an essay in my diocesan newspaper about Joe Biden, still officially our president, and his recent basket of pardons, including several commutations of the death penalty. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops implored our second...
At the end of the summer of 2022, Governors Abbott of Texas and DeSantis of Florida transported migrants to New York City, Chicago, Washington DC, Martha’s Vineyard, and other locations. This action prompted spirited and often angry discussion...
When I was a high school government teacher, one of the texts I used contained a photo of a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in a southern city during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Four young people, two black and two white, had...