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The end of COVID will be in our minds, not our headlines
I’ve been doing a lot of traveling lately, and here is what I’ve observed about America’s current response to COVID-19: It’s all over the map. On the streets of New York, I saw people riding bicycles with masks on, and was asked to show a vaccine card before sitting...
Losing our religion — and replacing it with the church of social media
Earlier this year, a Gallup Poll showed that, for the first time in eight decades, fewer than half of U.S. adults belong to a church, synagogue or mosque. The phrase “losing our religion” has become an American mantra. Coincidentally, I’ve spent the...
Why people keep going to help Haiti, despite the obvious danger
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — It’s hard to imagine what is going through the minds of 17 missionaries and their children who were kidnapped Saturday by gun-wielding gang members outside of Haiti’s capital city. What must they be feeling inside a locked room,...
After punishing ugly words, do we then go after silence?
Tanks rarely back up. They don’t have to. Whatever is in front of them they can crush and roll over. But tanks are not human beings. They don’t have to think about what they’re doing. We do. Or we should. Which brings us to the issue of emails — some 650,000...
School board meetings may need help — but not from the FBI
When we were kids, our parents told us not to talk back to our teachers “or you’ll be in big trouble.” Who knew they’d be predicting our future? These days, if we, as parents, talk back to teachers — or, rather, the school board members who oversee them — we do run...
Haitian student torn between college in Michigan and his earthquake-ravaged family
LES CAYES, HAITI – On a recent Thursday afternoon, Siem Lafleur finished a political science class at Madonna University, came back to his dorm room, and packed a small bag. The next day, while his fellow students were enjoying the early fall weather and planning...
Noise over border photo distracts from silence on the real issue
In the old circus days, lion tamers used a chair to protect themselves. Why? A lion can chew through a chair as easily as it can chew through the man holding it. But lions are single-minded, and the chair’s four legs distract them. They can’t focus. As a result, they...
Forgiveness is in need of forgiveness today, especially in America
Truth is, we don’t forgive much anymore. We scold. We scream. We obliterate. We wipe you from existence.
As death tightens around us, don’t hesitate to tell loved one how you feel
As he lay dying, slowly, from ALS, I once asked my old college professor, Morrie Schwartz, what he thought about people wanting to leave the world with famous last words. “I think,” he said, his voice raspy and weak, “you need really good timing.” He was right. None...The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
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