Pope Francis, a long-time advocate of gun control, has apparently supported the wave of student-led marches in the U.S. ( Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Pope Francis on Sunday opened Holy Week services leading up to Easter by urging young people to âkeep shoutingâ and not let âolder generationsâ silence them. His comments came one day after […]
Day after US student-led gun control marches, Pope Francis urges young people to âkeep shoutingâ
March 26, 2018 by
The Pointless Paranoia of the Women’s Marches
January 22, 2017 by
I am no stranger to protesting, having marched so often in the sixties and seventies that I sometimes felt as if I were chanting “Hey, hey, LBJ”  in my sleep.  But I have come to think over the years that too much demonstrating can get to be a bad habit, like smoking. Now I’m not talking here about […]
As ISIS Marches, Obama To Cite Global Warming As National Security Threat During Coast Guard Commencement
May 20, 2015 by
In case you missed it over the weekend, the Islamic State took over another Iraqi city. This time it was Ramadi, a city in which Americans died to capture in the first place years ago and comes after the fall of Mosul. The next major city on the conquer list for ISIS is Baghdad, not […]