Why Walker Won’t Win
(Below is a modified version of a piece recently published in the International Policy Digest. Publishing permission has been granted by the author.) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s ideology is too...
View ArticleBlessed are the Peacemakers: A Deal with Iran
Last week President Barack Obama delivered what could become the most significant foreign policy victory of his Presidency: a nuclear peace deal with Iran. Speaking of the historic peace deal,...
View ArticleAre Pope Francis’ views on climate change costing him supporters?
Like millions of other Christian environmentalists, I had been eagerly anticipating the release of “Laudato Si” Pope Francis’ encyclical on environmental ethics. I have long been an adherent of the...
View ArticleReforming Prison and Loving the Sinner
Despite the recent influx of political attention given to criminal justice reform these past few weeks, discussions about how criminal justice reform could be accomplished should be especially...
View ArticleFeeling the Bern? Maybe.
I’m intrigued by Bernie Sanders. When he initially announced his presidential bid for 2016, I thought this must be a publicity stunt, an attempt to promulgate his left-of-everyone political brand. One...
View ArticlePope Francis and the Republican Presidential Hopefuls: A Widening Divide
(Reposted with Permission from the Author) With Pope Francis increasingly focused on economic inequality, protecting the environment, compassion towards immigrants and peace through diplomacy, it’s...
View ArticlePope Francis’ Theology of Common Care
As Pope Francis’ trip to the Philippines last January revealed, where Francis goes people pay close attention. Americans should expect no less enthusiasm from his journey here this week to Washington...
View ArticleGun Violence and the Common Good
(Reposted with Permission from the Author) The mass shooting at Umpqua Community College has once again shed light on gun violence in America. Yet despite the focus being on mass shootings, it should...
View ArticleBen Carson’s threat to Religious Liberty
In a statement on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Dr. Ben Carson, a front-runner for the GOP ticket, said that he “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation” after clarifying that the...
View ArticleVoting Against Their Interests: GOP & Climate Change
This is the first of a series of articles about how Republicans convince its base to vote against their own interests. Manmade climate change is real and 97% of all scientists accept it as fact.[1] The...
View ArticleThe GOP’s Syrian Overreactions and Isolationism post-Paris
Paris is arguably the most romantic city on the planet. With its impressionist art, royal architecture, relaxed daily life and world-class cuisine, the City of Light seduces you with its charm and...
View ArticleVoting Against Their Interests: Wealth Inequality
This is part of a series of articles about how Republicans convince its base to vote against their own interests. Today, we examine how some of the wealthiest Americans have taken over the Republican...
View ArticleThe Faithful Must Aid Syrian Refugees
As the delicious leftovers from Thursday’s massive Thanksgiving meal digest in American bellies, it didn’t allude my family that this annual holiday originating from a welcoming and caring for the...
View ArticleSlamming the Door on the Syrian Stranger
(Reposted with permission from author) “The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself. The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends; it is not our...
View ArticleStone Soup for the Soul: An Intern’s Lesson in Community Building
As a kindergartener, my favorite part of the day was storytime. Maybe it was the alluring rainbow rug or the break from learning about numbers, but I always looked forward to the sitting attentively at...
View ArticleKing, Isaiah, and the Politics of Now
Isaac Wright: The chaotic pull between acrimony and harmony will only intensify as the 2020 election draws closer, but lessons from MLK & Isaiah offer insight on the responsibilities due people of...
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