The incidence of Columbus Day poses the perennial question about what it really means to “discover” America and, by implication to “own” it. While conquest or the glory therein may have been prime among the motives of our earliest European settlers, any fair reading of history cannot so narrowly dismiss higher humane aspirations of the […]
Editorials
Make It Happen in 2012
History is made up of three kinds of people: those who make it happen, those to whom it happens and those who wonder what happened! Whoever first observed this was onto something. Each of these options is a personal choice. What will ours be? As 2011 came to an end, it was only natural to […]
Life Is Sacred — or Not
The Sept. 28 issue of The Tablet contained a beautifully insightful column (“Up Front and Personal”) by Bill and Monica Dodds, founders of the Friends of St. John the Caregiver, in praise of those who give care. “Caregiving is pro-life!” they asserted, citing numerous examples. And so it is. October is “Respect Life Month.” The […]