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Paul Gordon: Seven deadly sins? Evangelicals choice does them all

What is even one saving grace of this guy? That he’s conveniently conservative? Doesn’t all the bad the man does (his lying, poor treatment of women, fraud, racism, support of fascist ideology) trump his claim he alone got Roe v. Wade overturned? None of this makes me feel our democracy would be safe in his hands; how about you?

Bill Knight: Miss Laveine takes stock in her history

‘Her white hair accented by black frame glasses and earrings, Birditt glows in a living room as warm as the winter weather outside is arctic.’ Longtime local educator Laveine Birditt reflects on her ‘respectable treatment,’ good trouble, and the ways we have to go for Black History Month

Inland Art: Picture this true treasure ‘hidden’ in Tremont

Nichole Gronvold-Roller contours the edges of our surroundings. the geometry of human organization, of perspective of our way of negotiating the land around us. She pits that geometry against the interior world of household domesticity — it’s decor and lived-in architecture.

Embrace Resolutions nurturing harmony, compassion and justice

In the spirit of optimism, let us collectively strive for a world where compassion triumphs over conflict and justice prevails over oppression. Picture a future where people from all walks of life collaborate to alleviate suffering and build a world founded on compassion and justice.

Jackson: Confidence in our future is hanging on our fears

XAVIER JACKSON

The citizens of our nation — White and Black — seem unwilling to aspire to America’s ideals even though we all proclaim to love liberty, justice and equality. … Equal citizenship under the Constitution is a mirage that Blacks have wandered towards for generations across a desert of institutionalized persecution