The pay and place of the police
Richard Daley, the rough and tough five-term Chicago Mayor elected in 1989 had a way with language I can never forget. When crime once surged in his city he was blunt about the police and made an historic observation: “The police are not here to create disorder, they’re here to preserve disorder.” (Click on the bold title of the blog to read the whole.)
Seeking Security
The mass killing in Orlando will linger in history forever largely because it was such a crazed and deliberate act, motivated by a young man’s perverse hatred for gay people. But there’s many other and subtle social issues that supported it. (Click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)
What’s Ahead for the United Church?
“Two things are uniquely Canadian: the Canoe and the United Church of Canada.” (Click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)
Justin Trudeau’s One Mistake
Especially when you are a Prime Minister. Our own Justin Trudeau, as a result of his momentary loss of self-control, has now to endure a ritual of political challenges. (Click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)
What now for America’s Presidency?
American politics actually could be worse. Moreover, there’s now news that just might even make it better, at least a bit. Maybe. As I write a small promising step has been taken by scholars of the conservative religious community in the US. Evangelicals. Southern Baptists, Pentecostals, Seventh Day Adventists and other conservative denominations are now being urged by one of their academic groups to stop beating the drum for Donald Trump. (click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)