It was a day that was etched on my consciousness and always will be. I was in the library doing research for a paper I was writing. The quiet …
In an unusual sign of the fickleness of the seasons, the west side of Going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park was (and still is) clo…
Hillary Clinton, who won the popular vote in last fall’s election by about 3 million votes but lost the election because Donald Trump ended up…
This week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced President Trump’s decision with respect to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals prog…
The first week of August, a bomb damaged the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minn., at 5 a.m. as worshipers were getting ready fo…
In President Donald Trump’s speech Monday evening -- a speech in which he was quite presidential, though he offset that with his demeanor at t…
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. To be silent in the face of racism and bigotry, however, is to be an accomplice to white sup…
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Earlier this summer, I stopped by The People’s Center in Pablo, Mont., established by tribal elders to help educate the public about the tradi…
At the church we attend when we are at our cabin in Montana, one of the readings this past Sunday was the story in I Kings 3 in which God appe…
On numerous occasions in talks to students and other groups, Augustana President Steve Bahls has emphasized the importance of taking vacations…
In 1872, Congress passed a bill stating that “the tract of land in the Territories of Montana and Wyoming lying near the headwaters of the Yel…
Summertime is vacation time. Those including northwestern Montana on their itineraries would do well to stop at the Jesuit mission at St. Igna…
One of the many wonderful things about being a parent is having the opportunity to share with a daughter or son those things which one enjoys …
Many have observed health care is a very complicated matter, a simplistic statement with a kernel of truth. There isn’t anything complicated, …
It has been said that if you don’t grow up by the age of 50, you don’t need to grow up. I can identify with that observation. My 50th birthday…
The most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me was becoming a parent. I have learned much from the experience.
Shortly after the election last fall, a person who did not vote for Donald Trump expressed the hope that he would have a successful presidency…
In a previous column, I noted that though I am not a Roman Catholic, I have great appreciation for a number of encyclicals and other Roman Cat…
Though I am not a Roman Catholic, I have great appreciation for a number of the encyclicals and other documents that have been issued by the R…
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump will have a private meeting with Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace (the official residence of the pope…
FIRING OF F.B.I. DIRECTOR COMEY RAISES TROUBLING QUESTIONS
As noted in last week’s column, conservation easements are among the tools which private individuals may use to help protect our environment. …
In some respects, the 2016 election changed everything. In other respects, it changed nothing. That takes a little unpacking.
In the wake of the cruise missile attack on a Syrian air base and the possibility of military action against North Korea, I have been thinking…
An Easter quiz for you today: which, if any, of the following statements are true?
In last week’s column, I characterized what is happening here in the Quad-Cities as democracy at its best. Now that the results of last Tuesda…
I had planned to write about some of the things that have gone wrong the last couple of weeks -- and there is plenty to write about on this to…
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