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After living for more than several decades, everyone has seen things that are disturbing. Rarely, however, do we have to ask “Is this really happening?”
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Watching MSNow this morning, I have come to the conclusion that this country is in more trouble than we admit
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This is not the time to surrender.
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From “The Cross and the Flag: Catholic Anticommunism in the Cold War” Chapter 1—The Cold War and American Society By Kenneth J Uva “ ‘I love my little girls more than anything in the world, but I would rather see them die now, still believing in God, than to...
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From time to time, there is an event that has broad implications in that it is part of a larger pastiche that tells us where we are as a society. Several Trump-related stories fall into this category.
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What have we become as a nation? In the past, careers have ended due to far less than what Trump (or Thomas) have done. Today, Trump’s long record of offenses and malfeasance do not hurt him with Republicans and he still has support among the general electorate. Have we...
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“Hey, Joey, we’re playin stickball on Dean Street, c’mon,” Tony proclaimed...
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American Catholics have always had a minority status. Throughout most of the nation’s history, they were a relatively quiet minority, professing their loyalty to the United States in order to show that they were not, as many non-Catholic Americans feared, agents of the Roman hierarchy. Few public figures were...
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By Kenneth J Uva A recent obituary in The New York Times for Sister Megan Rice, “Fierce Critic of Nuclear Weapons” (October 18, 2021) was accompanied by a photo of Sister Megan from 2012 wearing a tee shirt with the words “THE CATHOLIC WORKER.” While the Catholic Church is...
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