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Commentary

When empathy becomes toxic

In a courtroom, a young woman couldn’t read what she wrote, so her step-dad did: “To my future husband, … I’m working every day to become the best wife I can be. I’m focusing on God and what He defines as a faithful Christian life... I pray that we continue to glorify the Lord... ...

Getting back on feet after separation

This will be the concluding article on abandonment, as stated in last month’s article. The origins of abandonment are people leaving you through death, divorce or separation. Many times people with this issue were over-protected as a child and never learned to deal with life’s difficulties ...

Closings open bishops to scrutiny

The locally projected Diocesan church closings continue to expose the failed leadership from its clerical administrative ranks. The political and financial machinations of Bishops is obviously juxtaposed to the faithful body that is still standing and trying to preserve the good that is left of ...

Building a better future for county

Ask most people what a construction worker looks like and they’ll likely describe a man wearing a bright yellow hard hat and vest directing traffic, using a jackhammer, or pouring cement at a dangerous-looking construction site. That’s because most of us don’t see many construction ...

‘Roots of American Order’ worth reading

The year 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Roots of American Order, one of the many outstanding works by 20th century man of letters Dr. Russell Kirk. The Roots of American Order is a book for everyone. It’s for high-school American history pupils. It’s for college ...

Countdown to the Big Day

‘Twas the week before Christmas … and I had just whined in last week’s column about getting everything done. My mother always said, “If you’ve got your health, you have everything. You’re healthy, so what is your problem?” Fast forward to this past week. We were driving ...