Several years ago, on the first day of Holy Week, I was riding an RTA bus fromUniversity Circle to Public Square in Cleveland. Sitting in the seats in front of meand talking loudly, several folks were in conversation about their variousschedules for the coming week and their weekend plans. Suddenly, with greatexcitement one said to…
During the last four days of February this year the Conservative Political Action Congress (CPAC) gathered in Florida. CPAC is a shadow of its former self. It was once a reasonably cogent gathering of conservative thinkers and activists that provided focused, national support for Ronald Reagan. CPAC at its last incarnation was a Trump Cult gathering anxious to cheer for their hero described by many as…
On my most recent previous post I wrote that the effort to find common ground in our religiously and politically polarized time is a trivial pursuit. I suggested some examples where “common ground” is no longer possible to find because – like the Fountain of Youth or Xanadu – it does not exist. I suggested…