| Aug 30, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyMade top sergeant,Earned my way;Till they found outI was gay. The glacial progress toward equality for gay Americans offers some revealing looks at our society. One is the weakening hold of religion, Roman Catholicism in particular. Until recently, church bias against...
| Aug 23, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyWe would do well to remember why America as a nation exists at all: The early colonists from Europe fled the tyranny of monarchs who could tell them whom, how, whether, when, and where they could worship. We shouldn’t have to be reminded that religious freedom...
| Jun 23, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyReaders tend to love or despise OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul. Here’s the latest on their letters. “I enjoy all your columns they publish in the (Biloxi, MS) Sun Herald, but this morning’s column was particularly enjoyable,” wrote Ms. Carole...
| Jun 7, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyA recent poll found that nearly four out of five Americans don’t trust the government. The survey, done by the Pew Research Center, reported that 78 percent of the people have little or no faith in the government’s ability to solve the problems that beset...
