by Colin Harris | Feb 4, 2014 | Opinion
Recent waves of investigations and indictments of people in high places on global, national and even local scales remind us of Lord Acton’s phrasing of the ancient concept – “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Responding...
by Colin Harris | Jan 15, 2014 | Opinion
Our half-century commemorations of the courage and accomplishments of the civil rights struggle have appropriately reminded us of the valiant heroes, sung and unsung, of that historic era. The reflections and discussions accompanying those remembrances have also...
by Colin Harris | Dec 30, 2013 | Opinion
The confluence of Christmastime, the end of a calendar year and the beginning of a new one, tends to prompt a season of reflection. Various media provide us with reviews of the significant events and people from the closing year. Predictions abound of what the new...
by Colin Harris | Dec 16, 2013 | Opinion
One of the perks of growing older is that you not only get to celebrate a lot of people’s birthdays but also many birthdays of the same people. It’s quite an experience to remember a person’s first cake-in-the-face birthday party while celebrating a...
by Colin Harris | Dec 9, 2013 | Opinion
Pope Francis issued his first official “apostolic exhortation” on Nov. 24, a lengthy reflection on the mission of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of the challenges of our time. It placed clear emphasis on the global challenge of economic...
