We are due for a personal awakening
We have heard about “them” all our lives. We have used “them” as a verbal foil for our shortcomings, our family’s problems, our society’s…
Editorial — The poor are with us; let’s help them
A few years ago a comedian of some national notoriety noted that the problem of homelessness wouldn’t be solved until someone figured out a…
Editorial — Sportsmanship in youth sports
There are few joys in parenthood that can top watching your son or daughter lace a baseball or softball into a gap in the…
Editorial — Eclipse provided a shared sense of joy and awe
When a miracle of celestial mechanics unfolded on April 8, when the moon passed between the sun and our planetary home and a narrow…
Editorial — This Christmas, take a cue from the young
There is nothing brighter than the smile of a child during the season of Christmas. They look at the world with eyes dancing in…
Editorial – Take heart, goodness abounds
Life can change in an instant. We all know that. One second our lives are rolling along in a normal state — whether that…
Editorial — An accounting of our blessings
Truth be told, most of us are lucky, pure and simple. We live lives blessed beyond all measure, with all the fresh water we…
At a parish picnic, everybody’s a winner
There are few things that capture pure joy as much as the face of a four-year-old who’s just won her first chocolate cake —…
Editorial — On extraterrestrial life
The truth is people have been seeing and talking about unidentified flying objects, unidentified anomalous phenomena — flying saucers — for decades. The “modern…
Editorial — No one is immune to gun violence
Nearly six years ago, an editorial in The Record decried the nation’s escalating gun violence. It noted that nearly every day in the United…