Fort Hood Shootings Offer Americans Two Choices

The Fort Hood shootings present Americans with two choices about how they think about American Muslims. One choice is reactive and negative, taking a horrible act of one American Muslim, Major Nidal Hasan, and saying that he represents all American Muslims. Another...

Stretch, don’t snap

I wish I knew what to say, what to advise, what to suggest in the light of recent stories in which people with guns fell into a funk and “snapped” before erupting in unfathomable violence.In Fayetteville, N.C., a faithful church deacon who was to all...

Sharing God’s Concern for Poor Means Fairer Taxes

There is a constant refrain in the faith tradition shared by Jews and Christians. It begins with the Law of Moses, flows through the prophets and finds perfect expression in the teaching of Jesus. This refrain is God’s concern for the poor. People of faith who...