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 […]
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A meet, right thanks giving
(Nov. 28) A passage in the 1928 Episcopal prayer book says this: “It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times and in all places […]
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The Wondrous Fall of the Berlin Wall
(Nov. 9) The greatest climactic event of the 20th century occurred 30 years ago Saturday, Nov. 9, as thousands of Germans pushed through, climbed over, and began tearing down the Berlin […]
