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Category: Opinion

Appreciation for The Witness

Posted on Oct 15, 2020Oct 14, 2020 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: After 99 years, The Witness, published on behalf of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, ceased publication earlier this …Read More

Pandemic perseverance

Posted on Oct 8, 2020Oct 7, 2020 in Editorials, Opinion
Pandemic perseverance

Runners prepare months in advance to run a marathon and develop strategies to get them through the demanding 26.2-mile event. …Read More

Considering the candidates

Posted on Oct 8, 2020Oct 7, 2020 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: Religious faith is a way of daily life. It should also guide our political activity including voting. …Read More

Vote for life, from womb to tomb

Posted on Oct 8, 2020Oct 7, 2020 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor:  I consider myself a very prolife person who feels that life is sacred from the moment of …Read More

Respect life, and one another

Posted on Oct 1, 2020Oct 7, 2020 in Editorials, Opinion
Respect life, and one another

  In his encyclical “Evangelium Vitae” (“Gospel of Life”), published in 1995, Pope John Paul II cited the Second Vatican …Read More

Confessions of a former axe grinder

Posted on Oct 1, 2020Sep 30, 2020 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Confessions of a former axe grinder

By Patrick Schmadeke “You have to help me convince her that she’s wrong,” I said to my friend. I was …Read More

Using credible information to judge candidates

Posted on Oct 1, 2020Sep 30, 2020 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: Don’t let anyone prompt you to question your own ability to judge candidates on what they do …Read More

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