Inner Peace: Celtic evensong a solace for the soul
Church is not the first place most people go to today to find inner peace. They might go to be inspired by the sermon, a personal witness, or outstanding musical performance, but I seldom hear people...
View ArticleOn Peace Day, Sept. 21, choose an ego-free day
The International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, is observed annually on Sept. 21. It is dedicated to world peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence, such...
View ArticleChris Honoré: The GOP's moral cul-de-sac
And so the Republicans find themselves in a moral cul-de-sac. At an ethical crossroads. The party leadership emphatically said for months that Donald Trump would not be the last nominee standing after...
View ArticleWaiting for the 47 percent moment
In early fall 2012, Mitt Romney spoke at a fundraiser that he assumed was closed to the press. But his comments, intended only for the well-heeled Republican audience, were recorded.“There are 47...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Confronting a moral intersection
As I watch the riptides and currents gripping the Republican Party, I conclude that for the men and women of the GOP, this is a moral intersection. Each of them will look back and remember where they...
View ArticleChris Honoré: When will Congress say ‘Enough!’?
Already it seems a distant memory, but for those at its epicenter, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in Newtown, Conn., will forever remain all too real. The loss is still more than many can...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Congress, gun policy and the CDC
As appalling as the mass shootings of the last two decades have been — Orlando, San Bernardino, Charleston, Newtown and so many more that have slipped out of memory and into our bleak national history...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Bernie Sanders' last windmill
Since Bernie Sanders first stepped forward and announced his candidacy for POTUS I’ve followed his campaign with more than a passing interest. It’s like he walked out of the tall corn in “A Field of...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Elie Wiesel 1928-2016
During this political season, there is a thread that runs through our presidential election and it involves those very personal qualities of character and values. Unlike so many elections in the past,...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Not in their self-interest
As President Obama’s final term in office draws to a close, I often find myself wondering how he feels about his two terms as our president.Recall that he inherited a train wreck of an economy, created...
View ArticleChris Honoré: The Republican platform, 2016
As I write this, the Republican convention awaits Donald Trump’s speech wherein he will accept his party’s nomination. His address will attempt to create cohesion for a fractured party marred by chaos...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Democrats — the party of Lincoln
In a column regarding the Republican platform I stated that the GOP is now no longer the party of Lincoln or Eisenhower, but the party of Goldwater and Nixon.After watching the Democratic convention...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Few profiles in courage
To say that the Republicans in their support of Donald Trump have entered into a Faustian bargain may be a bit hyperbolic, but I confess it feels like that.Over just the past several weeks they have...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Commentary
Part OneOf late I’ve been thinking of Elie Wiesel, who passed away this summer. He was 87.He spent his life bearing witness to an experience so horrific that it defies understanding and ultimately...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Is it possible Trump could win?
Someone asked me this morning, “You don’t think Trump will win, do you?” I found myself hesitating, not immediately responding with, “Absolutely not!” Finally, I said, “I just can’t imagine — not if...
View ArticleJeffrey Gillespie: Why Hillary should debate
Hillary Clinton has been called the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party since almost before the current race for the White House began. She is the queen of presumption, in fact — so much so...
View ArticleJeffrey Gillespie: Ballad for the angry white male
The middle-aged, middlebrow, soft-middled white American male doesn't think he's getting any respect, and he probably doesn't deserve any.Certainly, his behavior has been appalling by any standard...
View ArticleJeffrey Gillespie: Shame at Stanford University
Here we are in 2016. It's been many years since the incidence of sexual violence against women on college campuses has been settled.The consensus figure, based on reporting — and therefore, probably...
View ArticleJeffrey Gillespie: One country, under Glock?
"And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?I did.And what did you want?To call myself beloved, to feel myselfbeloved on the earth.” — Raymond CarverHow does any contributor to a media...
View ArticleJeffrey Gillespie: Brexit — a guide for the perplexed
What the heck is the "Brexit", and why should Americans care?Well, we should care for a number of reasons. The Brexit, under a referendum happening in Great Britain as this column is written, is an...
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