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October 2020

October 19, 2020
Time is catching up with the founders of the United Farm Workers Union (www.ufw.org). Cesar...
October 16, 2020
My north side friend is a tireless proponent of social improvement. Year after year he...

September 2020

September 26, 2020
The modern age began, let’s say, in 1500. That date is precise enough to include...
September 19, 2020
During his acceptance speech this summer, presidential candidate Joe Biden included an inspiring quotation from...

August 2020

August 31, 2020
  Two Catholic laymen are credited with starting Labor Day: Matthew McGuire (1855-1917) and, no...

July 2020

July 29, 2020
Young adults are forcing our society to deal with several injustices and tensions. The long...
July 04, 2020
Editorials and opinion pieces regularly call upon the bishops or the president or the Congress...

June 2020

June 30, 2020
The President and Board of Trustees at St. Xavier University (3700 W 103rd St, Chicago,...
June 25, 2020
During his acceptance speech this summer, presidential candidate Joe Biden included an inspiring quotation from...
June 16, 2020
Two Catholic laymen are credited with starting Labor Day: Matthew McGuire (1855-1917) and, no relation,...

May 2020

May 19, 2020
A fresh consideration of socialism is happening these days. Two remarkable presidential campaigns by Sen....
May 19, 2020
A fresh consideration of socialism is happening these days. Two remarkable presidential campaigns by Sen....

April 2020

April 28, 2020
Some years ago I was part of a lobby group to change the feast of...
April 20, 2020
In the latter half of the 1960s many U.S. cities experienced race riots. Plus, the...
April 03, 2020
In philosophy it is called utilitarianism. In business it is called cost-benefit-analysis. In family life...

March 2020

March 09, 2020
Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth St., New York, NY 10029) just...

February 2020

February 26, 2020
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917), Max Weber (1864-1920) and other founders of the discipline of sociology were...
February 22, 2020
“Consuming and participating in politics by obsessive news-following [and] by arguing and debating” is not...

January 2020

January 20, 2020
A woman in a friendly poker game is dealt a lousy hand. Nonetheless, she leans...

December 2019

December 01, 2019
Clothes were once made in the U.S. Yes, labor abuses occurred in our domestic production--in...

November 2019

November 25, 2019
Will your shopping for gifts this holy season include buying apparel? Be warned: It will...
November 11, 2019
Lobbying the alderman for a stop sign at the end of the block is a...

October 2019

October 23, 2019
The Working Catholic: Strikes by Bill Droel Strikes are in the news: auto workers, janitors,...

September 2019

September 10, 2019
Good intentions are not enough. Indeed, good intentions can be harmful. Tarence Ray provides a...

August 2019

August 30, 2019
  In April 1994 CBS and N.Y. Times sponsored a survey on U.S. religious beliefs....

July 2019

July 22, 2019
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) devoted a chapter to “Associations in Civil Life” in his percipient...
July 10, 2019
Economic indicators ebb and flow, though not with high predictability. In the years after World...

June 2019

June 19, 2019
  There are prophets of peace and builders of peace. There are protesters and institutional...
June 13, 2019
Is there a sustaining philosophy for idealistic young adults? Is there a creative path that...

May 2019

May 30, 2019
There are new rules for electing players to the All Star teams. As in a...
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