by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 27, 2001 | Opinion
St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. “His feast day on 17 March is a religious, public and patriotic holiday in Ireland and is celebrated with flamboyance among the Irish diaspora abroad,” according to IrelandsEye.com. In the United States, St....
by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 20, 2001 | Opinion
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was the best movie of 2000, according to America’s Catholic bishops. It topped a list of the year’s ten best films, ranked by the Office for Film and Broadcasting of the U.S. Catholic Conference (USCC). The office reviewed...
by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 5, 2001 | Opinion
Current lifestyles inhibit the creation of community, according to a recent article. “For most of human history, we have lived in small tribal groups of 50 to 250 people, and at an instinctual level we still crave bonds to people outside our immediate...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 29, 2001 | Opinion
Most of us recognize Feb. 14 as Valentine’s Day. We think of hearts, flowers, candy, cards and Cupid. These symbols dominate the holiday. And like all holiday symbols and traditions, they arose in contexts. These contexts may be seasonal, historical and...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 10, 2001 | Opinion
January 15, 2001, is the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday. It is celebrated on the third Monday of January in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner. King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta. He married...
