Editorials
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What’s the deal with the bunny?
Easter is a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his crucifixion. It is a deeply spiritual day for observers, marking the end of Lent and considered by many biblical scholars to be one of the holiest — if not the holiest — of the Christian holidays.…
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A country, and a future, worth serving
America’s endless war quietly moves across the broken nations of the world. Every so often, U.S. soldiers die, as four Green Berets did several weeks ago in…Niger. And the news was more about the adequacy of presidential condolences to the families of the slain soldiers than the point of our…
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Trump chips away Obamacare with his pen
Chuck (Senate Minority Leader Schumer) and Nancy (House Minority Leader Pelosi) called Trump’s latest move to undo one of many Obamacare faux pas “a spiteful act of vast, pointless sabotage.” Democrats and progressives alike claimed myriad maladies resulting from Trump’s not paying subsidies to insurance companies. Way back in 2010,…
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Bail not meant to enable holding political prisoners
The US Constitution’s Eighth Amendment forbids “excessive bail” in criminal prosecutions. That prohibition seems somewhat vague. I guess we’re just expected to know excessive bail when we see it. Two current cases demonstrate not just excessive bail, but abuse of the whole idea of bail for the purpose of holding…
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America’s pain today could be yours tomorrow
Northern California is suffering with some of the worse fires in that state’s history. Twenty-three people have been reportedly killed with at least 285 people reported missing. Communities and over 170,000 acres have been burned. At this moment the fires are not close to being contained with several very trying…
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A Nobel prize for sanity?
The Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a wonderful tribute to the many millions of people around the world who have struggled over the years against the insanity of nuclear weapons. Congratulations to the courageous and far-sighted organizers who founded the campaign! And…
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Time to stop squeezing The Juice
A few minutes after midnight on October 1,authorities at Nevada’s Lovelock Correctional Center released O.J. Simpson on parole after the former football great had served nine years of a 33-year sentence for criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, assault, robbery, and using a deadly weapon. Simpson, who faces several years of parole/probation restrictions,…
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The 2nd Amendment preserves freedom
We continue to pray for families and friends who lost loved ones or were injured in the shooting in Las Vegas. America has suffered from people who want to kill people. People who want to kill people will always find ways to kill, whether they want to kill a few…
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The violence comes home again
In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, as in the wake of all the high-profile mass shootings that preceded it, the big question looms: Why? John Whitehead puts the question this way: “What is it about America that makes violence our nation’s calling card?” This is the enormous question…
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Trump’s tax reform framework is reasonable
I watched three Sunday morning “news” shows and learned whatever bad is happening (even if what they report is not really happening) is Trump’s fault because he doesn’t like people of color. The only other news worth discussing Sunday morning was Trump’s battle with the NFL. Yep! The NFL quietly…
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Satan rises in Las Vegas but angels fly high
Doubters of Satan were furnished all the proof they should need as a living Satan arose to the top of Mandalay Bay hotel last Sunday night and unleashed hell for about eleven minutes. Stephen Paddock acted only as Satan and someone possessed with evil knows how to act. He wreaked…
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Urgent: Reinstate ban on assault weapons to prevent mass killings
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the nearly 600 victims and their families of the largest mass shooting in US history last Sunday night in Las Vegas. The mass carnage made that city into what can only be described as a war zone. But our response needs to include…
