As follow-up in his response to the Charlottesville tragedy, President Donald Trump asserted that among those protesting the removal of the Confederate statue were some “very fine people … very fine people …” It made me and, I’m sure, many others wonder: Do very fine people walk in file with white supremacists proudly hoisting the […]
Paul Baribault
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Assumed sense of privilege
One thing that’s encouraging about the health care program proposed by Speaker Paul Ryan and forwarded by the House, is that it’s been proclaimed un-passable by Senate Republicans of integrity. While not a fan of the Republican agenda or philosophy, it’s still heartening to see there are some GOP politicians who put people’s needs ahead […]
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God's infinite mercy
This is in response to William Larochelle’s letter (March 4). It is not a rebuttal to his point about rejecting the doctrine of hell, only an assertion that one can dismiss that idea and still retain one’s faith. One book I recommend is Pastor Rob Bell’s “Love Wins,” which demonstrates a growing understanding within Christianity […]
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How can Christians support Trump?
I have been an evangelical Christian for decades, raised in a Catholic faith I still hold in esteem. I cannot imagine how fellow Christians can, in light of recent revelations regarding Donald Trump’s predatory sexual comments — expressing his “celebrity” entitlement to grab women’s genitals he felt attracted to (with his wife eight-months pregnant) — […]
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Make the distinction
This is in response to Cornelius Swanton’s letter, “Clinton voters are uninformed” (July 29). What needs to be made clear is that the person most uninformed today is not so much the voters, it is, far more critically, Donald Trump himself. As example, when asked a question on an issue of which he has little […]
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An alarming statement
There is no honor in proclaiming the hope that if something bad occurs to a lot of people, one could benefit from that crisis. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, whatever their shortcomings, have never come close to making a statement of that tenor. Donald Trump did, we learned recently, when before the 2008 housing crash […]
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Give the devil his due
In the foreword to his famous “Screwtape Letters,” C.S. Lewis wrote: “People make two, equally serious, mistakes about the devil. The first is they disbelieve in his existence; the second, that they give him too much credence.” It’s a fine line to walk sometimes. One of the songs playing at Donald Trump’s recent rally announcing […]