The global economy is in shambles, the presidency is in crisis, and Americans are
struggling under the weight of a broken health care system. But hey, I've got my own
problems.
Film stardom is an elusive dream for most, including even yours truly, whom many have
credited with talents well-suited for the big screen.
Jury duty is one of those responsibilities of citizenship that reminds us that the
American justice system is the best in the world.
Our cover feature points out the importance of rituals that young men need to prepare
them for responsible adulthood, not including the time your mother made you wear a bow tie
for Dress-Up Day a
It's February and so far you haven't kept a single
New Year's resolution, have you? Not even the one about
setting aside a special time to write in your journal.
Whew! I was afraid it was hereditary, since my grandfather on my mother’s side had
a cousin who looked like a pool cue.
Responding to growing pressure from the media, the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NAFTA) has
finally revealed which of the three astronauts was
responsible for mo
Helllloooooooooo!" That’s what I shouted over
the Grand Canyon when we first pulled up. You have to do
that. It’s the law.
This issue of Sojourners is sponsored by the good
folks at Procter & Gamble, makers of a respected line of
consumer products, including their popular fat substitute,
Olest
The phone call came as it does to many parents at some point in the
growing-up years of their children. Colleen had fallen off the jungle gym at
school, and could I please pick her up?
I confess that on Election Day this past November I didn't vote my
conscience or my pocketbook.
Hammering down the non-conformist in Harriet the Spy.
American democracy is the envy of the
world. And millions of us will wake up on election day and
realize just how lucky we are before deciding not to vote.
As the primary season mercifully draws to a close, our crack H'rumphs
election team has determined that, with most of the delegate votes
tallied for the upcoming Republican convention, Bob Dole
After finally digging out from the 27 inches of snow that fell
on the nation's capital-a city founded on a simple democratic
principle: "What's a snowplow?"-it's time to look back
at the beaut
Oops. Actually our 25th anniversary issue is coming up later this fall. I just forgot. I've been forgetting a lot lately since I'm getting older and...what was I saying?
By now you're probably pretty tired of reading about money and
politics, and all the other serious stuff we've packed into this
thought-provoking 100-page issue.
EDITORS' NOTE: The above headline may not necessarily relate
to the following article.
Darn those French.
"Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another."
-1 PETER 5:5
(But then, Peter never won First Place at anything, did he?
Recently, some spots on my face were diagnosed not as the distinctive
markings of a rare intellect-which I had assumed them to be-but
as a precancerous skin malady.
Recently, some spots on my face were diagnosed not as the distinctive
markings of a rare intellect-which I had assumed them to be-but
as a precancerous skin malady.
Anew day has dawned in our country. Unfortunately, that day is
some time in the 1950s. The Republicans are back and have absolute
control of the U.S.
It started with a silence, not a noise. The kind of silence
that makes a parent sit bolt upright in his bed; an unnatural
awakening, a feeling of...something wrong. It was 3 a.m.
People don’t always say what they mean (I meant to say
that). And this past summer brought several examples of the daily
"little white lies" we tell each other.
We recently changed over to a different health insurance company here at Sojourners.
The new company is less expensive than our previous insurer, and it covers virtually every
pre-existing
Actually, it was more like "The Day the White People
Came" when Bill Clinton and his entourage of young
Caucasians descended on our inner-city neighborhood.
This issue of Sojourners marks a significant
breakthrough in paper technology.
Our top story this month has the theological world "all
in a tizzy," which in the original Greek means
"something much too nuanced for you to understand since
you’re just a lay person." I&#
The enormous challenge of revamping our nation's health care
system has congressional leaders promising to work harder than ever. Some are
even considering returning to work after lunches.
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