Editorial — Responding to trouble
byLet’s face it. Warranted or not, it is an undeniable fact that some parts of our city get a reputation — a stigma —…
Editorials
Editorial — A Crisis and a Challenge
by The RecordLast week bishops from five nations asked Catholics — that means you and me — as well as politicians and the rest of society…
Editorial — Our unpleasant realities
by The RecordSometimes a picture says it all. Consider the 1963 picture of fire hoses and snarling police dogs in Birmingham, Ala., used against African-American students…
Editorial — Never-ending violence
by The RecordOnce again, mothers and fathers in Israel and in the Palestinian camps are broken hearted in the way only a parent who has lost…
Editorial — Remembering sacrifice
by The RecordIt’s been nearly seven decades, yet the memory of his uncle’s death in World War II still brings a catch to Father Clarence J….
Editorial — These are crises we can solve
by The RecordLast week — on World Refugee Day, in fact — the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released a statement that should shock and alarm…
Editorial — War is not the answer
by The RecordSo Iraq is falling apart and there are scores of people on every side of the political spectrum who are not at all surprised….
Editorial — Giving thanks for teachers
by The RecordNow that school is out, or nearly out for some schools, and teachers are taking a moment to catch a collective breath (and parents…
Editorial — What next? Guillotine?
by The RecordWhat next, the guillotine? To avoid the horrific scene that played out in Oklahoma on April 29, where an allegedly-lethal injection once again went…
Editorial — Giving thanks for teachers
by The RecordNow that school is out, or nearly out for some schools, and teachers are taking a moment to catch a collective breath (and parents…