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...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 14, 2004 | Opinion
Many marriages run into trouble because of a lack of communication between the spouses. For example, let us say that the husband does something that either irritated his wife or causes her some type of emotional pain. The husband may be oblivious to the offense...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 1, 2004 | Opinion
For the past two weeks, John Kerry has been hounded by an attack on his Vietnam record by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. And even though he still carries shrapnel in his body, he has been portrayed as a liar, a coward and an opportunist. It matters...