Joseph Flowers, an African-American, recalls being pulled over while driving his Mercedes Benz in a neighborhood near his home in …Read More
Category: Editorials
An attitude of gratitude
Laughter entered the locker room of a local YMCA where three women — two having finished their workouts and one …Read More
The hidden places of hunger
This week, 18 families living in LeClaire or Princeton will pick up Thanksgiving food baskets at Our Lady of the …Read More
We are responsible to God for stewardship of our life
A reader raised thought-provoking questions about our Oct. 18 edition, which included an article describing physician-assisted suicide as lacking compassion …Read More
Support the families
Family matters most. Marriage vows are sacred. That’s why Flor and her preschooler and 11-month-old will leave their home in …Read More
Our commitment to the common good
By Fr. Bud Grant O.K., this is important. At the risk of hyperbole, this is the most important information on …Read More
Commit to encounters on the peripheries
Robert, a 45-year-old inmate at Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility, regrets that he won’t be home for Christmas this year. He …Read More