Just as many in our country’s history were “conditioned” to find slavery acceptable, we, today, are being conditioned– increasingly coerced–into accepting abortion as the “cultural norm.” Southern slaveholders would even co-opt Bible passages to justify slavery. Read the Rev. E. W. Warren’s small volume Southern Slavery and the Bible, published in 1864 as “a scriptural refutation of the principal arguments... READ MORE >
Many of the same people who–in retrospect–decry the evils of slavery, are willing– in the present–to justify the deeply disturbing procedures associated with abortion and dismemberment. While virtually everyone agrees that slavery is inhumane, degrading and morally wrong, throughout much of history scores of people vehemently defended it, advancing arguments in efforts to justify the barbaric practice of enslaving fellow... READ MORE >
“Slavery is one of the world’s worst mass atrocities. Twelve million Africans were kidnapped, enslaved, and shipped across the Atlantic to the Americas under horrific conditions, and nearly two million of them died at sea during the agonizing journey.” So reads the caption on the opening web page of The Equal Justice Initiative, an organization committed to protecting basic human... READ MORE >
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries chose “post-truth” as its word of the year, defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” As we charge into 2019, I would suggest nothing’s changed. In fact, if anything, appeals to emotion and personal belief continue to disproportionately... READ MORE >
While the 65th Annual Minnesota YMCA Youth in Government (YIG) Model Assembly wrapped up last week, January 9th through the 13th, I’d like to roll back the calendar to last year’s event. But before we do, here’s a bit of history on what has become a nationwide program involving nearly 25,000 students in some 40 states across the country. The... READ MORE >
Former Minnesota Democratic state representative and St. Louis County commissioner Tom Rukavina lost his battle with leukemia this past Monday, January 7. He was 68. As a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for 13 terms, serving from 1987 to 2013, Tom Rukavina was described, by DFL Chairman Ken Martin, as a man “known for his honesty and his... READ MORE >
Dum-da-dum-dum It’s Tuesday, September 4th, 12:03 p.m. I’m Sergeant Joe Friday. Speck’s driveway trailed away in my rear-view mirror as I headed back to town. I couldn’t help thinking, “Some puzzles are easier to put together than others.” Aside from the possibility that pieces are missing from the box, I’ve found the most difficult puzzles are those with pieces that... READ MORE >
Accepting that each of us experiences Christmas through a different emotional lens, let’s consider the emotional responses from the major players linked to a lowly stable in the overcrowded city of Bethlehem that very first Christmas. Mary—treasured We begin with an adolescent girl from modest beginnings. A maiden who had little expectation that her life was going to be anything... READ MORE >
It was Tuesday, September 4th. I awoke at 6:24 a.m. to an ill wind blowing in from the northwest. I have often found an ill wind blows no good. I had a hunch it was an omen. I hadn’t slept well last night. My mind kept replaying yesterday’s conversation with the distraught woman outside the donut shop: “Cook County commissioners... READ MORE >
In the tradition of perhaps the most recognized police drama in media history: Dragnet, The story you are about to hear is true. Unlike Dragnet, however, the names in our story haven’t been changed, in an effort to protect the innocent taxpayer. My name is Joe Friday and this is Cook County, known for its getaway appeal. We are a... READ MORE >
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