Imagine this scenario: Your 12-year-old child or grandchild who lives in Iowa needs emergency psychiatric care because of severe, self-injurious …Read More
Category: Editorials
Everyone deserves a place to call home
People from the Dominican Republic were among the first responders when a monstrous earthquake shattered the lives of their neighbors …Read More
Pope goes to grassroots for solutions
Following up on his encyclical emphasizing care for all of creation, Pope Francis met last week with city mayors from …Read More
Shortchanging Iowa’s kids
Some of today’s elementary and high school students will be serving in our state legislature 25 years from now, hopefully …Read More
Pope asks us to be ‘builders of unity’
Rioters taking to the streets in Ferguson and Baltimore; a 21-year-old accused of gunning down nine African Americans inside a …Read More
A call for civility and compassion
The U.S. Supreme Court’s narrow decision affirming same-sex marriage ought to compel a divided America to pause, reflect and commit …Read More
Pope’s encyclical is a call to action
Given the months-long conjecturing about what Pope Francis might say in his encyclical on the environment, the actual teaching document …Read More