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image above: David Milgaard is photographed after a press conference held by Innocence Canada in Toronto on October 9, 2019.…

May 13, 2022 WN: Hopeful signs. I am anti-abortion and pro-choice. I am a follower of Jesus. excerpts: The Roman…

By Robert C. Koehler image above: An example of the damage done by depleted uranium shells on armour plating. WN:…

talk by Jim Forest An excerpt: In the dawn of time, back in the fifties, my favorite comic strip concerned…

Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul Sun 3 Oct 2021 image above: The burnt-out remains of cars, minibuses and armoured vehicles at the…

WN: In 1998, I became Executive Director of M2/W2, a Restorative Justice/Prison Visitation program. I held that position until retirement…

July 12, 2006 Dear Editor: Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter MacKay predictably was the pot that called the kettle…

The Adages of Erasmus: Philosophy, Formation and Wisdom, William Barker, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 2001. WN:…

By Dhruv Khullar April 7, 2022 photo above: Wikipedia--Francis Collins is the only Presidentially appointed N.I.H. (National Institutes of Health) director…

By Nicholas Confessore April 30, 2022 WN: "Mr. Carlson asked a guest in 2017. 'Is that bigoted?' " Yes, Mr.…

WN: This announces the RJ World eConference, April 23-30, 2022! It is the second. About the first, two years ago,…

By Greg Sargent Columnist | April 20, 2022 WN: Wow! This Senator powerfully stands up for love of neighbour and…

 ***NOTE: Please check out the footnotes for additional, more detailed commentary. Also, there are poetry and songs in the…

By David Brooks Opinion Columnist Feb. 4, 2022 image above: Concept by Jason Sfetko, Illustration by Justin Metz WN: The article…

by Diana Oestreich WN: Below is a powerful sermon about the above title! It was preached Sunday, April 3, 2022, at…

David Cayley is introduced on this website here. This summer, he consented to meet with a group of us on…

WN: We have been studying an excellent book in this discussion group: How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and…

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WN: Esther, my partner, and I have been hugely privileged to have been connected to the End Abuse Programs for…

Chris McGreal Wed 30 Jun 2021 photo above: Loïc Manegarium Communities are now demanding the oil conglomerates pay damages and…

Mar 11th 2022 by John J. Mearsheimer image above: Dan Williams WN: I recently sent out to several people an…

WN: Some of the papers on Restorative Justice are understandably repetitive, though I culling the obviously such. image above: sikhnet.com…

WN: The host was the affable lawyer Gerry Palmer, quite well-known in Abbotsford for his work with numerous non-profit organizations,…

By Liz Theoharis Liz Theoharis, a TomDispatch regular, is a theologian, ordained minister, and anti-poverty activist. Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A…

Giles Fraser is a journalist, broadcaster and Rector at the south London church of St Mary’s, Newington image above: ft.com…

Andrew Nikiforuk Today | TheTyee.ca Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the…

***NOTE: Many footnotes add detail and background to the text.*** WN: The Problem I have a good friend who loves…

By Stephen Marche About the author: Stephen Marche is the author of The Next Civil War. February 12, 2022 photo…

February 4, 2022 WN: To understand some of this phenomenon, please see my Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne:…

Justin Ling Jan. 30, 2022 photo above: © Provided by CBC Kids News WN: In two words: How stupid! excerpts:…

Pilar Melendez Justin Rohrlich Solomon Gustavo Updated Feb. 04, 2022 photo above: Minneapolis PD WN: Utterly predictable . . . Utterly…

By Emma Brown, Aaron C. Davis, Jon Swaine and Josh Dawsey May 9, 2021 photo above: A Dominion Voting Systems voting…

by Thomas Reese Accountability Opinion Vatican photo above: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sits in St. Peter's Basilica on Dec. 8,…

Eleanor Clift Jan. 26, 2022  photo above: cbsnews.com WN: We'll wait and see . . . excerpts: The Jan. 6…

Nick Ripatrazone January 28, 2022 photo above: Marshall McLuhan at New York University's Loeb Center, June 14, 1966 (AP Photo/John…

By Jack Jenkins January 26, 2022 photo above: Right-wing podcaster Nick Fuentes, center, speaks to Trump supporters during a march…

Thomas Homer-Dixon Special to The Globe and Mail Published December 31, 2021; Updated January 2, 2022 photo above: cbsnews.com WN:…

Kaya Laterman Updated Jan. 22, 2022 photo above: lakeberryessanews.com WN: As the writer indicates: Talk about milking a cow for all…

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By Martin Luther King, Jr. January 17, 2022 photo above: Dick DeMarsico from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) WN: Saturday, January…

By Tatum Hunter January 13, 2022 image above: (iStock/Washington Post Illustration) WN: The privacy encroachments are not unlike the proverbial…

January 12, 2022 photo above: Former President Donald Trump spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep in a brief phone interview.  WN:…

By Stephen Maher January 3, 2022 image above: ca.news.yahoo.com WN: This great misinformation virus/viral tragedy is not simply a case…

St Paul's Cathedral Rowan Williams says that how we understand Jesus Christ is central to how we understand everything, and…

Jon Schwarz December 24 2021 image above: watchmojo.com WN: And the Game-Changing Wisdom humanity learned for the first time ever,…

by Andrew Bacevich December 21, 2021 photo above: taurusarmed.net WN: Of course war is a mockery of everything decent, no…

December 15, 2021 by David Axe       photo above: news24online.com WN: The article highlighted below stands to reason…

By Victoria Reynolds Farmer December 10, 2021 WN: The entire article is deeply moving. excerpts: ail Mary, full of grace…

December 12, 2019 by Melissa Borja photo above: Photo credit: Roberto Castañeda, Jr. WN: There is something beautifully compelling in…

Dec. 11, 2021 By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist photo above: Amazon.com WN: The author make a compelling case. excerpts: The…

photo above: On the ceiling of Chora Church in Istanbul, Turkey, is this fresco, called Anástasis in Greek. It portrays…

December 8, 2021 By Sarah Zhang photo above: health.onlineium.com WN: We must pay close attention is the clear message of…

December 7, 2021 Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC Priest, Religious, Moral Theologian, Autistic, Writer, Social Media Guru, etc. WN: This…

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By G. K. Chesterton December 23, 2020 WN: Wow! Beautifully stated. Such is God . . . excerpts: he old…

WN: My good friend Ron Dart sent me this lecture on the Culture Wars. It's enlightening. There are many more…

By Sr. Carino Hodder, OP December 9, 2020 WN: Quite lovely. Quite heartening. excerpts: “O, little town of Bethlehem,” said…

June 21, 2016 Vandana Shiva Environment photo above: Source: The Asian Age WN: The account of the article highlighted below…

Into This Demented Inn --Thomas Merton Into this world, this demented inn, in which there is absolutely no room for…

By Philip Deloria November 18, 2019 image above: The Indians who joined the mistrustful Pilgrims, Wampanoag tradition suggests, were honoring…

November 4, 2019 by Scot McKnight WN: In my book review of Kristin Kobes du Mez' outstanding Jesus and John…

By Maureen Swinger November 22, 2021 WN: So beautiful. So very humbling. So complicatedly hopeful. excerpts: he summer my brother…

Pilar Melendez November 24, 2021  photo above: groyourwealth.com WN: An enormous tragedy . . . A muted victory . .…

Dorothy Day Whenever I groan within myself and think how hard it is to keep writing about love in these…

David Corn Washington, DC, Bureau Chief, Bio | Follow photo above: President Donald Trump at a coronavirus task force briefing at…

By Elie Mystal Twitter November 15, 2021 photo above: (Fizkes / Shutterstock) WN: We Whites, lacking the lifelong experiences described…

Nov 10, 2021 by Thomas Reese, Religion News Service Opinion Politics photo above: Wikipedia WN: I felt gobsmacked by the…

Sarah Sands Nov. 10, 2021 photo above: Education Images WN: Beautifully written: the deafening joy of silence . . .…

WN: The first two are funny, making generous use of a beautiful smiling face and the word f**k and related.…

WN: Ron has been a longstanding friend--over many decades. I've been privileged to work with him on writing projects; read…

Now & Then Podcast In this week's episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, author and artist Carol A. Berry reveals how Vincent…

CP Entertainment | Monday, November 08, 2021 By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Editor photo above: “The Most Reluctant Convert: The…

David Smith in Washington; @smithinamerica Tue 9 Nov 2021 WN: The dreadfulness of ‘It’s being abused by an entire belief…

Life; Thanksgiving and Gratitude; Theology   November 9, 2021 WN: The last lines of the meditation below are beautiful: Let…

By David Leonhardt Nov. 8, 2021 photo above: Image by torstensimon from Pixabay WN: This remains consistent everywhere: vaccinations save…

November 8, 2021 by Robert Koehler WN: The author of the highlighted article below is right on. For background to…

by Anthony Faiola with Claire Parker photo above: istockphoto.com WN: Just as the "free press" is that only for the…

November 5, 2021 by Brian Cloughley photo above: AK Rockefeller – CC BY 2.0 WN: It is ominous to read…

By Terence Sweeney November 1, 2021 WN: A great challenge to everyday sainthood. excerpts: hen I made my First Communion,…

Sarah Vincent November 4, 2021 photo above: Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash WN: Hope! excerpts: Pope Francis is not…

Gerard O’Connell November 04, 2021 photo above: Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas embrace during an audience at the…

Steven P. Millies November 04, 2021 photo above: Cardinal Joseph Bernardin speaks with reporters on the steps of his Chicago…

By Amy Goodman Juan González, Democracy Now! Published November 2, 2021 photo above:

By Matthew Rozsa, Salon Published November 2, 2021 photo above: aljazeera.com WN: Founder and CEO of PRRI, Robert Jones said:…

By John McWhorter image above: Michael Morris WN: The writer makes a compelling case . . .   excerpt: I…

Adam Rawnsley, Senior Researcher; Shannon Vavra, National Security Reporter Oct. 31, 2021 image above: Optimized Hate WN: Fools rush in…

By Grigori Guitchounts October 27, 2021 image above: A rendering of dendrites (red)—a neuron’s branching processes—and protruding spines that receive synaptic…

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By Robert O'Harrow Jr. October 25, 2021 image above: Nick Ogonosky WN: There is a telling quote in the article…

WN: The video below is highly disturbing. It is an interview with Yale historian Timothy Snyder, author of the widely…

Daniel Boguslaw October 23 2021 photo by Dominik Vanyi on Unsplash WN: The story below is about unbridled greed. It…

Dan Milmo Global technology editor October 24, 2021 WN: Now this is wonderfully gracious theology from Frances Haugen: Because the…

Jack Jenkins October 20, 2021 WN: What more is there to say? The subtitle of a book by Kristin Kobes…

Daily Wisdom There is this direct relationship between having nothing and having everything; between poverty of spirit, the first of…

September 22, 2017 by Douglas Valentine – Lars Schall photo above by Tom Thai | CC BY 2.0 WN: Welcome…

By Abbie Storch October 20, 2021 WN: The review of Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a…

October 19, 2021 by Kenn Orphan photo above: Photograph Source: Reagan White House Photographs – Public Domain WN: Saint Augustine…

By Luma Simms October 11, 2021 WN: What a beautiful, compelling, encouraging story. excerpt: n 2007, my friend Ishraq was…

By Community last October 17, 2021 WN: Wow! Shout it from the housetops! excerpts: We can’t go on belching CO2…

WN: In a Home Study Group, we have begun to study together a new book by Melissa Florer-Bixler: How to…

By Eugene McCarraher August 26, 2019 photo above: John Ruskin in 1863 WN: This is a wonderful, encouraging article about…

By Emily Anthes Oct. 12, 2021 image above: Bianca Bagnarelli WN: The article lays out well several scenarios. excerpt: The…

Opinion by Mitch Daniels photo above: Steven Koonin, then under secretary for science at the U.S. Department of Energy, speaks…

By MYAH WARD With help from Tyler Weyant 10/13/2021 photo above: witf.org WN: Openness to the science from all directions…

posted in Clarion Journal for Religion, Peace & Justice by Sharad Yadav WN: I like what I read below! One…

By Carl Zimmer Oct. 9, 2021 photo above: Large-scale mRNA manufacturing development at the headquarters of Translate Bio, an mRNA…

Lumen Christi Institute Streamed live, October 7, 2021 image above: smp.org WN: The Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network does excellent…

WN: This arrived in my inbox today. So simple. So profound. So uplifting. Deeds are done which appear so evil…

By Robin Schumacher, Exclusive Columnist photo above: pxhere.com WN: It is interesting that the photo chosen for the article highlighted…

Becca Andrews September 30, 2021 photo above: yelp.com WN: The article highlighted below begins with Megan Wohlers telling her story…

Mark Follman, Dan Friedman, Ryan Little, and Sam Van Pykeren September 30, 2021 photo above: Mother Jones illustration; John Minchillo/AP;…

By Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter September 23, 2021 photo above: Josh McDowell speaks at Talbot Chapel at Biola University…

By Tom Engelhardt photo above: 'THEY ARE ALL DEAD': Harrowing leaked footage shows US drone strikes in Afghanistan as pilot…

By LORRAINE WOELLERT  09/28/2021 photo above: Harvard and Yale students took to the field during halftime of a 2019 NCAA…

Peter Bosshard,  Rev. Fletcher Harper September 28, 2021 photo above: psmag.com WN: As seen in the article: "We disagree." excerpts:…

Mike Walsh Sep. 23, 2021 photo above: Keith Marshall/Facebook WN: The Pastor below said he had to make private his…

By Zach Levitt Zach Levitt is a graphics reporter focusing on cartography for The Washington Post. He previously worked at…

by Darcy Ropchan and News Staff Posted Sep 23, 2021 7:23 am MDT WN: A relative from the same general…

By Katherine J. Wu, Ed Yong, and Sarah Zhang September 21, 2021 image above: Shannon Lin/The Atlantic WN: A hugely…

By Candice Bernd, Truthout Published September 17, 2021 photo above: Members of Teamsters Locals 987 and 362 protest outside an…

Sam Sawyer, S.J. September 17, 2021 photo above: Pope Francis celebrates a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican…

By Jason Markusoff September 15, 2021 photo above: Jason Kenney speaks on July 12 at the Premier's annual Stampede breakfast…

By George Packer July/August 2021 Issue The Atlantic image above: Lucy Jones WN: Wow! The essay is stunning as it…

by Emily Widra and Tiana Herring   Tweet this September 2021 WN: My strongest statement about the horrors of worldwide incarceration…

Essay by Carlos Lozada Illustration above: by Patrik Svensson Sept. 3, 2021 WN: Below are excerpts from an outstanding essay…

By Howard Zinn Posted on August 15, 2021 image above from the Movie Poster: The Fall of the American Empire…

August 12, 2021 by Dave Lindorff photo above: AC-130 Spectre gunship rains random death from the sky in the name…

Aug 10, 2021 by Brian Roewe Action photo above: A girl in Falmouth, Britain, plays with sand during a climate…

By ZACK COLMAN and KARL MATHIESEN 08/09/2021 04:01 AM EDT Updated: 08/09/2021 03:29 PM EDT photo above: Fire burns during…

By Julia Manchester - 08/08/21 WN: This continues to be tragic for women. We read: “The real root of the…

By Daniel Ross, Truthout August 8, 2021 WN: The last quotation in this article is arresting: “We’re already the proverbial…

By Fahad Razak, Arthur Slutsky and David Naylor Fahad Razak, Arthur Slutsky and David Naylor are physicians and professors in…

by Christy Thomas July 31, 2021 photo above:

By Matthew Walther Mr. Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributing editor at…

By Aaron E. Carroll Dr. Carroll is the chief health officer for Indiana University. He’s also a writer who focuses…

by Archbishop Lazar Puhalo July 28, 2021 photo above: Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to…

By MICHAEL GRUNWALD 07/30/2021 photo above: trofire.com WN: All sobering. excerpts: OPINION: TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH — During a…

by David Cayley June 12, 2021 photo above and to the right (clickable): Cover of David Cayley’s new (massive) book…

Opinion by Columnist Jennifer Rubin July 28, 2021 photo above: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) hugs Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn…

By Ruby Mellen and William Neff July 28, 2021 image above: convergence.unc.edu WN: The concluding quote is ominous: “As humans,…

Opinion Maureen Dowd July 24, 2021 photo above: Fire consumed a home as the Sugar Fire tore through Doyle, Calif.,…

By Adam Harris July 22, 2021 photo above: kyma.com WN: Sadly, idiot politicians like the one mentioned in the second…

By Dan Zak and Karen Heller July 20, 2021 photo above: (Robert Carter for The Washington Post) WN: Sadly, the…

Opinion by Eugene Robinson Columnist July 21, 2021 photo above: Pyrocumulus clouds rise above the Bootleg Fire near Klamath Falls,…

Alex Kotch Tue 20 Jul 2021 photo above: Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, chairs a Senate energy and…

By MYAH WARD  07/20/2021 image above: wrex.com WN: I have a close relative who "won't let anybody shoot that stuff…

Opinion by David Von Drehle Columnist photo above: Lake Mead just above the Hoover Dam in Nevada last month. (Kyle…

WN: These are hugely helpful, wise, quietly powerful. Thanks to Gerry Ayotte who studied under Father Ron Rolheiser, and pointed…

Ideas by David Frum July 13, 2021 image above: Adam Maida / The Atlantic WN: Sobering and eerily prophetic. Please…

Ishaan Tharoor July 18, 2021 photo above: A scene at Chris Hani Mall in the aftermath of the unrest in…

By  Community last July 17, 2021 image above: cagle.com WN: "Guns and Bibles" (see below)--but nary a drop of authentic…

By Megan Garber July 12, 2021 WN: Sick . . . Please also see an earlier piece by  Timothy Karr,…

Inequality.org 07/17/2021 By Manuel Perez-Rocha | – an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., and…

Fact Checker Analysis Salvador Rizzo Reporter July 16, 2021 photo above: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)  WN:…

Mark Fiore for Daily Kos Community Friday July 16, 2021 WN: This is brilliant--but so tragic! And so richly deserved! Please…

By Philip Rucker and Carol D. Leonnig July 15, 2021 WN: Sick . . . excerpts: Part two of an…

By Michael Kranish July 14, 2021 photo above: patheos.com WN: What does one do with such elite entitlement; with such…

By Cindy Blackstock June 30, 2021 photo above: Memorial to residential school victims outside Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Shelby Lisk) …

By Alicia Elliott July 12, 2021 photo above: The Mohawk Institute Residential School, referred to by former students as ‘the…

by David Cayley January 2, 2016 WN: This is a highly instructive essay. There is much on my website about…

By Stephanie McCrummen July 11, 2021 photo above: Mercy Culture Church in Fort Worth. (Dylan Hollingsworth for The Washington Post)…

By Community last July 11, 2021 image above:

by Stephanie Williamson July 5, 2021 photo above: Élizabeth and Félix WN: So beautifully instructive! excerpts: or Christians living in…

Opinion Maureen Dowd July 10, 2021 photo above: Senator Bernie Sanders heading back to his office after breakfast in Burlington,…

By Jake Jackson July 10, 2021 WN: All so tragic! But for some comic relief:

Opinion Michelle Goldberg July 9, 2021 photo above: Mark Peterson/Redux WN: To the first part of the title: Amen!!!((This article…

Opinion by Robert Zoellick July 9, 2021 photo above: The first batch of vaccines from the United States arrive in…

Opinion by Michael de Adder Editorial cartoonist July 9, 2021 photo above: Brilliant yet tragic! Please click on: Grand Old…

By Ishaan Tharoor with Claire Parker  Email photo above: A man speaks on the phone next to a mural in…

Opinion by Paul Butler Contributing columnist July 8, 2021 photo above: Nikole Hannah-Jones during an interview in Brooklyn on Tuesday.…

By Marie-Danielle Smith July 8, 2021 illustration above: by Anna Minzhulina WN: Military. Police. Prisons.((See here also.)) All are rife…

By Brian Bethune July 7, 2021 photo above: mindbrews.in WN: Loony and terrifying! You will also find interesting this story…

Opinion by Jason Stanford July 5, 2021 photo above: The Alamo in San Antonio, seen in 2013. (Eric Gay/AP) WN:…

photo above: The last US troop withdrawal from Vietnam occurred in 1973, after almost ten years of continuous bombings with…

By Michael F. Pettinger June 29, 2021 photo above: Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden attend a church service…

by Phyllis Bennis July 1, 2021 photo above: Then-US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld addresses a press conference at the…

By The New York Times June 30, 2021 WN: While video images can be selectively strung together, they are real…

by Eric Holthaus Wed 30 Jun 2021 WN: We're in this new normal, with much more and worse to come!((See:…

The Editors June 30, 2021 photo above: A young woman takes part in a rally in Toronto June 6, 2021,…