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Thursday, October 03, 2019
A tale of two cases of religious freedom
In 2014, Elaine and Jonathan found themselves at a dead end. Having journeyed through the legal system, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear their court case. Elaine and… Read More
Thursday, October 03, 2019
Ironies in the fire
The eminent sociologist Peter Rossi was a world-class punster whose scholarly accomplishments fed a sometimes-whimsical view of the human condition – in which, Rossi memorably observed, “there are many ironies… Read More
Thursday, October 03, 2019
Being more careful about the racist label
The last couple of months I’ve written about racism. I would like to touch on the subject once more because my effort has been, as with several of my other… Read More
Thursday, October 03, 2019
Conscience and its enemies
Should doctors and nurses be forced to take part in procedures that violate their conscience? It’s a timely question. New federal regulations to enforce existing conscience protection laws are being… Read More
Friday, September 20, 2019
Planned Parenthood: ‘Abortion is who we are’
If it weren’t already obvious enough, Planned Parenthood again tipped its hand in recent weeks to reveal its true character: an organization hell-bent on the killing of unborn children, willing… Read More
Friday, September 20, 2019
Australian justice in the dock
Consider this sequence of events, familiar to some but evidently not to others: March 2013: Prior to any credible reports of misbehavior being made against Cardinal George Pell, police in… Read More
Friday, September 20, 2019
Being resourceful: I can read! I can pray!
“We ate our honey. We ate a lot. Now we have no honey in our honey pot.” With those 17 words, averaging just three letters in length, Jan and Stan… Read More
Friday, September 20, 2019
Celebrating holy days as they were meant to be
We have now begun the four-and-a-half month span – between the solemnities of the Assumption (Aug. 15) and Mary, Mother of God (Jan. 1) – into which all the holy… Read More
Monday, September 09, 2019
Racism is more than mere ideology
Last month I started to write about racism and the difficulty that arises as we seek common ground on the matter. I’ll never forget the day I was in first… Read More
Monday, September 09, 2019
Pro-life banquet to celebrate NCC’s 50 years
In 1969, the Nebraska Catholic Conference (NCC) was formed. According to one historical account, it entered the public policy scene “with a yawn.” At the time, it was unclear what… Read More