by Leroy Seat | Jan 30, 2012 | Opinion
In his jubilant victory speech in South Carolina on Jan. 21, Newt Gingrich made three references to Saul Alinsky. Many who heard Gingrich’s speech no doubt knew who Alinsky was, but perhaps some people wondered, “Who is Saul Alinsky and why is Gingrich...
by Leroy Seat | Jan 20, 2012 | Opinion
In January 2010, the Supreme Court made one of its worst decisions in years, if not decades, and maybe even the worst since the Dred Scott case in 1857. In a 5-4 split decision, the court ruled in favor of Citizens United, a conservative nonprofit organization that...
by Leroy Seat | Jan 2, 2012 | Opinion
Forty years ago, in his World Day for Peace message on Jan. 1, 1972, Pope Paul VI declared, “If you want peace, work for justice.” Those were very significant words that, for good reason, have often been quoted throughout the last four decades. Pope...
by Leroy Seat | Dec 26, 2011 | Opinion
The death of the famous Trappist monk Thomas Merton on Dec. 10, 1968, was tragic. Born in 1915, Merton had gone to Thailand for an interfaith conference between Catholic and non-Christian monks, a meeting held in a Red Cross Conference Center in a suburb of Bangkok....
by Leroy Seat | Dec 19, 2011 | Opinion
In a slightly less direct way than the “patriotic” worship services around the Fourth of July, the Advent season brings the church/state issue to the table of our thinking. It provides us with an opportunity to clarify and affirm what a significant...
