Marriage and divorce rates BOTH are down
(Nov. 12) Trends on marriage in America appear to have become one of those (Champagne) glass-half-full propositions. The empty part of the glass is a continued decline in the rate […]
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Liberal John Roberts says law can favor casinos over churches
(July 27) Five members of the U.S. Supreme Court have shuffled the Constitution’s principles beyond recognition. On July 25, the court’s five liberals — counting Chief Justice John Roberts, who […]
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S. Court kinda-sorta helps Little Sisters plus Indians
As the Supreme Court closed its term, I wrote on two of its final cases and found the outcomes moderately satisfactory, but not perfect. Here are the two columns, with […]
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Alito explains bigoted history of opponents of school choice
(June 30) Some Supreme Court opinions are weightier for moral and historical purposes rather than for controlling legal precedent. In a key Supreme Court case upholding a Montana school-choice program, […]
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L’Arche Football Dinner ONLINE — This Thursday!
The wonderful people of L’Arche Mobile, the local affiliate of the international organization of communities for people with intellectual disabilities, will be doing one of their big annual events ONLINE […]
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Memorial Day: the who and the why
(Official Examiner editorial, May 25) One somber way to think of Memorial Day is to count the number of those who have died in service of this great, good country. […]
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An afterword for Dorothy Lill, librarian
(April 17) While it’s not unusual to pay tribute to the tremendous role coaches can have in our lives, it may not be common to pay tribute to a librarian. […]
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Good news — and good memories, for kicks
When the late kicker Tom Dempsey caused a buzz (April 6): It’s difficult to overstate the importance of former NFL kicker Tom Dempsey, who died April 4 of the coronavirus, […]
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Fr. William Barnwell, dead of the coronavirus, reached across ideological lines
(March 31) The life of the Rev. Canon William Barnwell, a crusading, liberal, Episcopalian priest who died March 27 of (suspected) coronavirus in New Orleans, could teach lessons we all […]
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Trump protects religious liberty
Jan. 16. One reason so many conservatives are so eager to overlook President Trump’s many sins is that he so often takes executive actions that redeem their fondest and most […]
