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Friday, February 15, 2019
Opportunity Scholarships Act would be transformational
Surrounded by hundreds of school choice advocates, Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, chairwoman of the state Legislature’s Revenue Committee, announced the introduction of legislation that would have a transformational effect on… Read More
Friday, February 15, 2019
The courageous honesty of Peter Steinfels
Peter Steinfels’s long career in journalism included years of service as editor of Commonweal (from which perch he took me to the woodshed more than once), followed by a decade… Read More
Friday, February 15, 2019
New York, abortion and a short route to chaos
It was the celebration that was particularly galling. On the 46th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, signed into law a protocol… Read More
Friday, February 15, 2019
Adventure in Catholic terms: ‘You were made for greatness’
All afternoon I had been hunkered over my MacBook, perched above a frozen lake and watching the sun cast pink into the clouds. I was thinking about what lie dormant… Read More
Friday, February 01, 2019
We need to revisit our relationship with the truth
Last month I ended my column with the story of a Wisconsin woman who refused to vote for any Republican, but vowed to vote for Donald Trump because he would… Read More
Friday, February 01, 2019
Nebraska taxpayer dollars, abortion and the budget
A recent piece by the Lincoln Journal-Star editorial board wasted no time criticizing Gov. Pete Ricketts’ biennial budget proposal for including a pro-life provision that prohibits taxpayer dollars from subsidizing… Read More
Friday, February 01, 2019
The internet and Satan’s game
By now the entire country has seen a video of a supposedly racist confrontation, in front of the Lincoln Memorial, between a grinning young high school student and a Native… Read More
Friday, February 01, 2019
Nothing about us without us
The slogan “Nothing about us without us” was used by Solidarity in the 1980s in Poland, borrowing a royal motto from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the mid-second millennium. Then, it… Read More
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Opportunity Scholarships Act announced at school choice rally in Lincoln
For the Catholic Church, providing a high-quality education where every child can succeed is not merely a matter of equity, but one of social justice. That’s why Catholics from across… Read More
Friday, January 18, 2019
Practical ways for Nebraskans become politically active
In my last column, I commented that Jesus never said: “Thy Legislature come!” And while true, it is also true God has given us a charge: He wants us to… Read More