Opinion

The Idle American In the growing-up years of long ago, close enough was usually good enough. Precision rules now, though, and “guestimates” that were acceptable then… Login to continue reading Login…

Pastor’s Pen “That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed… Login to continue reading Login…

TGIF Americans set aside the 11th day of the 11th month each year to celebrate all men and women who’ve served in the nation’s Armed… Login to continue reading Login…

The Idle American The oldhymn declares that we are marching to higher ground. Our prevailing culture, however, suggests otherwise. Consider a joke making the rounds… Login to continue reading Login…

Pastor’s Pen Graduation tassels hold an important meaning to the graduate… Represented in those team-colored pieces of yarn is a lot of hard work in… Login to continue reading Login…

TGIF Both my Mother and Father gave me plenty of good advice, so perhaps it’s still not too late to offer a Mother’s Day tip… Login to continue reading Login…

The Idle American This isa backstory of “Touchdown Jesus” on the 50th anniversary of Notre Dame’s football faithful making the massive Hesburgh Library’s south wall mural… Login to continue reading Login…

Pastor’s Pen “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered… Login to continue reading Login…

With newsof incivility, protests and disruption gobbling up radio and television air time and dominating front-page newspaper articles, many of us are in a state… Login to continue reading Login…

May is a month with milestones for almost everyone in the United States, if only because it’s the month when most of us graduated —… Login to continue reading Login…