Articles filed under Commentary
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What to do when Olympic star is caught in rain, traffic?Oct 15, 2016 2:00 pm - It was a news crisis of epic proportions! At our afternoon news meeting, it was decided that a local appearance by Olympic darling Simone Biles was a story that warrante...
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What do political candidates owe to their voters?Oct 14, 2016 1:00 am - In the midst of election season, debates between presidential candidates capture the headlines. But, here in suburban Chicago, finding an actual debate between candidate...
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No more cliches about abortionOct 14, 2016 1:00 am - By Kathryn Jean Lopez In 1974, not long after the U.S. Supreme Court made abortion legal in all three trimesters of pregnancy, William F. Buckley, the founder of Nationa...
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Trump bounces back in second debateOct 13, 2016 1:00 am - ST. LOUIS - You can make a good argument that Donald Trump won the second presidential debate with Hillary Clinton. You could also argue that no one won. But it's probab...
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Participating in clinical trials key to medical advancesOct 13, 2016 1:00 am - By TaLana Hughes Guest columnist My daughter was just two months old when doctors told me that she had sickle cell disease. At the time, I was a young mother, still in s...
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Trump files for moral bankruptcyOct 12, 2016 1:00 am - By Richard Cohen Over the weekend, Donald J. Trump did what he always does when things go south for him. He walked away. He announced he is not the man at 70 he had been...
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America is selectively rediscovering its virtueOct 12, 2016 1:00 am - It should surprise no one that this presidential election - the first to involve a female nominee from a major party in the top spot - has devolved into a contest of man...
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Trump debate performance gives worst possible outcome for GOPOct 11, 2016 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson A man comes out of a church after a fire-and-brimstone sermon on the Ten Commandments, pauses a moment, and then tells his wife, "At least I haven't...
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Voice of Protestantism badly needed in world forumsOct 11, 2016 1:00 am - Over the years, as a journalist working in many societies, I have often found hints about where people are going - or not going - in the most unusual places. So it was t...
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Drawing hope from the heart of sufferingOct 09, 2016 1:00 am - Having sat down to produce a column about the vice presidential debate, I found that any topic, even death from cancer, was preferable. So I finished reading a remarkabl...