Editorial — A time to heal?
byWe are finally easing our way into the holiday season and away from the time of endless political advertisements, robo calls, incessant emails asking…
Glenn Rutherford
Editorial — The nation’s first Black cardinal
byThere is little doubt in this awful year of COVID and political confusion and unrest that our nation is finally beginning to face a…
Editorial — Smiles are important
byWhen Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires became pope, one of the first things noticed about him was the warmth of his smile. It…
Editorial — Everybody’s problem
byThe struggle for racial equality in this nation is filled with empty promises, vacuous rhetoric — and excuses. The police excuse violence against minorities…
Editorial — Are we at a tipping point?
byWe’ve all heard it — the more things change, the more they stay the same. But perhaps not this time. There is a great…
Editorial – Disconnect to connect
byRecently while dining at a local eatery — a cut above fast-food but a level below “reservations only,” — a couple took notice of…
Editorial — Remember to Pray
byBack during the Red-scare days of the late 1940s and 1950s, there was a radio program called “Family Theater.” Occasionally an episode or two…
Editorial — Take hope and comfort
byWhen the decades begin to pile up and the sand at the top of the hour glass seems to flee more quickly to the…
Editorial — This pope changed lives
byOn a sun-filled April day in 2008, more than 60,000 people filled Yankee Stadium in New York City to welcome Pope Benedict XVI, who…
Editorial — A word on the ‘Year of Faith’
byAny journalist worth his or her salt will tell you, consistently, that newspapers — especially in their new and often smaller form these days…