On my mother’s side, my Dutch-American ancestry has been here since before the American Civil War. My people were among the first immigrants from the
A Response to Daniel Meeter Daniel:As I said in the Comments on the day you posted it, I really appreciate your “Cleansing the Temple” contribution
Years ago, I made reference in a literature class to Clint Eastwood’s boxing picture, Million Dollar Baby (2004). A student volunteered, with some passion, that
My father-in-law died last summer from COVID-19. Minimizers and deniers might ask “Did he die of COVID? Or with COVID?” He never had the virus.
During this month of January the world watched two remarkable expressions of American Civil Religion, two weeks apart, at the same location – the US
What can it mean to love the lifethat is my own? It is to love the longings,the loss,the fears,that always find their way aboard. Or
As someone who studies the antiabortion movement, this time of year always has a particular importance. Yesterday marked 48 years since the Supreme Court handed
In the New York Times Opinion piece, The Roots of Josh Hawley’s Rage, Katherine Stewart draws attention to the religious rhetoric of Senator Josh Hawley.
To tweak the opening sentence of the New York Times from January 21, 1861, “The day to which all have looked with so much anxiety
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