by John D. Pierce | Dec 27, 2007 | Opinion
Yesterday, the day after Christmas, our 9-year-old daughter was overheard repeatedly saying her Nikon Coolpix camera was her favorite new gift.Unlike in the costly days of film and development, she was free to shoot at will — and did. She even enjoyed the video option...
by Sean McKenzie | Dec 27, 2007 | Opinion
Bruce Springsteen’s lyrics describe an America big enough for immigrants and immigration, decent enough to remember that those who come here are driven by their desperate faith in the American Dream, and hopeful enough to acknowledge that though this country can...
by James L. Evans | Dec 27, 2007 | Opinion
The holiday season from Thanksgiving to Christmas is the most intensely charitable time of the whole year. Church and civic groups gather clothes, food, and toys for needy families. Volunteers make their way to homeless shelters and soup kitchens. Busy shoppers...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 26, 2007 | Opinion
The week after Christmas has always struck me as a rather odd period. Although some folks (especially retailers) go immediately back to work, it’s common for other folks to save enough vacation days to remain off through the New Year’s holiday. After all...
by Carmen Porco | Dec 26, 2007 | Opinion
The power of our communities lies in the ideals of our common humanity. To continue to live in separate villages whose cohesiveness is ephemeral at best, or in gated communities of homogeneity, will only enhance everyone’s poverty. Christ’s teachings lay...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 25, 2007 | Opinion
Today marks the culmination of a dozen shopping sprees, a hundred hand-addressed greeting cards, a thousand hors d’oeuvres and sugar cookies, a million twinkling lights and our best efforts to prepare for the coming of the Christ Child. Now we have made it. Let us...
