Results for Vietnam War
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'Four Dead in Ohio': Forty-two Years Later
Originally Posted: 05/04/2012 - 11:31am | Type: Blog -
May 4, 1970 -- 42 years ago today -- was the day protesting the war in Vietnam became serious. National Guardsmen fired on a group of protesting students at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four and woundi ...
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In Memoriam for a Friend and Peacemaker: Scott Kennedy
Originally Posted: 12/14/2011 - 3:20pm | Type: Blog -
Scott never brought us together for himself; it was never about him, but always about being peacemakers for the sake of other people. But today we gather for Scott. He has brought us together once again, and wha ...
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Arlo and Alice's Restaurant
Originally Posted: 11/24/2011 - 12:35pm | Type: Blog -
At 11 a.m. CST today (Noon EST, 9 a.m. PST), WXRT Radio in Chicago will air, as it does every year on Thanksgiving morning, the complete, 18-minute-34-second original version of Arlo Guthrie's song, "A ...
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Listening to Veterans
Originally Posted: 11/08/2011 - 5:16am | Type: Blog -
[caption id="attachment_36538" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Vietnam War Memorial, Washington, D.C. Image via Wiki Commons."][/caption] ...
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Why Can't Americans Work the Fields?
Originally Posted: 10/06/2011 - 6:58am | Type: Blog -
How ironic that for all the protests going on about unemployment these days there is a parallel, if less shrill, debate happening in our agricultural sector involving what to do about a shortage of wo ...
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A Killing Machine
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog -
Two long pieces this weekend described "one hell of a killing machine," and "the dark matter Two long pieces this weekend described "one hell of a killing machin ...
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A Tribute to Mark O. Hatfield
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog -
Mark O. Hatfield's political witness shaped a whole generation of students, teachers, pastors, and social activists in the evangelical community and beyond. Mark O. Hatfield ...
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The Dark Underbelly of Fundamentalist, Charismatic Christianity
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
I was raised in a charismatic megachurch that prided itself in being "non-religious." Our pastor thought of himself as a grace preacher, and in many ways he was. I was raised ...
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Afghanistan: Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
President Obama released the Afghanistan-Pakistan <a href="http://www.politico.com/static/PPM182_101216_apar_overview.html" target="_blank">annual review</a> on Thursday morning, ...
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Americans Lost Freedom in Iraq: D
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
As you read this post, please understand, I'm not a pacifist. I was raised in a politically conservative family. My dad is a proud WWII vet. My only brother retired from the U.S. Air Force. ...