Missing Bill Moyers -- and his wisdom, humor and passion for justice
Another Friday night has come and gone. Just as Bill Moyers and his weekly television show, "Bill Moyers Journal" on PBS, has gone. I don't begrudge his wanting to let go of demands of a weekly...
View ArticleOld memories of riot police at the U alternate with scenes in Egypt, Libya
Everyone has memories lodged somewhere in the dim recesses of their minds that they wished would stay there — dim and forgotten. However, our memory-banks do not operate in such a manner. When we least...
View ArticleBorder-transgressions bill looks mostly like a means of avoiding...
Reading the news over breakfast can cause indigestion and raise my blood pressure. When I read that legislation proposed in Congress would allow the Border Patrol to bypass 36 environmental regulations...
View ArticleThere's a thin but important line between being passionate about our...
"Moral politics" is an odd combination of words in a country in which church and state were intended to be separate. At the same time, one could argue that the Founding Fathers never proposed that...
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Deep political divides can lead to despair — or to action
Elizabeth NagelBonnie Blodgett wrote a column in the Star Tribune that explored the economic issues facing this country. Her interesting premise was that “fascism is capitalism without boundaries” —...
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From here to Syria, the question haunts: Am I my brother's keeper?
Several weeks ago, I went for dinner at a favorite restaurant. As I waited to pay the tab, a family with a boy about 4 years old was leaving. The father roughly grabbed the little boy by the arm,...
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The anguish of being Catholic
CC/Flickr/Northern Lights 119Archbishop Nienstedt’s leadership has been severely impaired.Last week more than 300 Catholics gathered together. One by one, they came forward to an open microphone,...
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In these fractious times, where is King Solomon when we need him?
CC/Flickr/Sjoerd van OostenHow would Solomon have resolved the modern dilemma presented by religious liberty and individual rights?There is an old story about the wisdom of King Solomon. Two women came...
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Bigotry is never right or moral
Elizabeth NagelThe chaos over President Donald Trump's travel ban, particularly of Muslims, brought back a memory of an event that changed my understanding of bigotry and hatred.Elizabeth NagelSeveral...
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