by Leroy Seat | Jan 25, 2019 | Opinion
Can differences of degree become so great they become differences of kind? I recall that issue being discussed long ago when I was in graduate school. But what about it? For example, can different expressions of Christianity become so great they actually become...
by Leroy Seat | Dec 6, 2018 | Opinion
Pope Francis designated Sunday, Nov. 18, as World Day of the Poor. It was the second of what will likely be an ongoing and expanding observance by the Roman Catholic Church. But the plight of the poor – and solidarity with the poor, which the pope has often emphasized...
by Leroy Seat | Oct 8, 2018 | Opinion
Today is Columbus Day, a federal holiday in the United States. However, only about half of the states observe that day, and four states – as well as many cities – celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead. Columbus Day was first celebrated in the U.S. in 1792, and 100...
by Leroy Seat | Sep 25, 2018 | Opinion
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, born 150 years ago in February 1868, was the great-grandson of James Du Bois, a white plantation owner in the Bahamas. However, W.E.B. pronounced his name “doo-boyz” rather than with the French pronunciation. When he was only 20, Du...
by Leroy Seat | Sep 7, 2018 | Opinion
Too little is almost always better than too much. My children probably didn’t appreciate me mentioning it so much, but from time to time I would remind them of this. That saying was not in harmony with the “Zeitgeist,” the spirit of the age, in which we were living...
