by Miguel A. De La Torre | Dec 13, 2004 | Opinion
We, as a country, are attempting to make history without God. And although we’ve been flaunting the previous election as the triumph of “moral values,” in reality we have exchanged the biblical mandate for justice for a human mandate determined to...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 29, 2004 | Opinion
Considering the depths of rancor existing between those advocating pro-life and those advocating pro-choice, we are left to wonder if common ground can ever be found. Cristina Page, who serves as the program director of the New York affiliate of NARAL Pro-Choice...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 9, 2004 | Opinion
Oh Lord, my Lord, how majestic is your name in all of the earth. For it is you and you alone, my God, to whom all power and honor and glory belongs. In obedience to your Holy Word, I lift up this prayer as a sweet offering for those who rule over us. Have mercy upon...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Oct 27, 2004 | Opinion
Late-night comedian Jay Leno described our present presidential election as extremely diverse–a contest between a rich privileged white man from Yale running against a rich privileged white man from Yale. During a recent conference I attended, Martin Luther King...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Oct 1, 2004 | Opinion
When the ghost of Hamlet’s father appears before his son, the faithful officer Marcellus sums up the reason for the apparition’s appearance in his famous line, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” If the good Marcellus were with us...
