This past Friday, I received the following message from Molly Steenson, CEO & President of the American Swedish Institute, my neighbor and venerable Twin Cities institution, which is ten blocks from the murder site of …
The GOP Reinvents Itself Though I’ve brokered many disappointments in the last ten years, none has been so acute as seeing roughly half my friends and extended family members exchanging the “compassionate conservatism” for which …
“Are you okay?” Reportedly, those were the last words of Alex Pretti as he sought to protect two women who were being assaulted by government agents. I am not okay. No one should be okay …
Over the last few days, I have seen story after story about how a pastor and TikToker has claimed that Barron Trump is close to salvation. I hope it is true that Barron is close …
We are all weary of the gun control discussions. This essay was first published after a school shooting that was the 40th school shooting of that year and the 26th mass shooting of that year. …
The poem, some say, has been given to us for times when prose cannot express the heart. It’s an art form that has been used to elevate, to devastate, and to strike a mood. It …
Is the church and America guilty of the sin of Sodom? Wow! What a provocative question. Given the political culture in the USA right now, the mind automatically goes to issues like same-sex marriage and …
I am pausing to reflect on the fickle fate of kings as I prepare to unleash the French Revolution in my undergraduate civilization class next semester. January anniversaries present an interesting study of both the …
When Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote The Black Swan, he was talking about the type of events that show up uninvited and rearrange the furniture of the world before anyone has a chance to say, “Wait, …
Last week was a hard week for our nation. I haven’t sat watching the news, fighting tears swelling in my eyes, since Hurricane Katrina. But, in that case, my tears were over a natural tragedy. …