To the Journal editor: On Dec. 21, 1991, Russian President Boris Yeltsin announced the breakup of the Soviet Union into independent states, something he more than anyone had desired. Coming out of a meeting of national leaders in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, he said, “We are no longer forcibly ...

To the Journal editor: The recent attempts to portray the January 6, 2021, riots at the Capital as “mostly peaceful chaos” and levy criticism at the justice applied to those involved are two of the worst examples of mass-produced dishonesty I have seen in my lifetime. True, tens of ...

To the Journal editor: For some, March may bring to mind lucky four-leaf clovers. Others look to go green through how we plug into our electricity. Financial incentives are part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Rewiring America has a great tool (www.rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-calculator) to ...

To the Journal editor: When we walk in our Superior Dome, we come in all shapes and sizes. Some of us are old, some are young, some in good health and others not, some challenges are great and others not. Some struggle and some do not. Some run; some walk; some need a cane; some come ...

To the Journal editor: The world is producing twice as much plastic as two decades ago. Most of this is single-use plastic. You open a product and “throw away” the plastic, but one might ask, where does it go? Research shows that single-use plastic is ultimately landfilled, incinerated, ...

To the Journal editor: “How long, O Lord How Long?” a response from an advent litany my previous parish had used during the lighting of the advent candle has been resonating through my mind this past week. Based on Psalm 13, we have this text that is expressive in this short question: ...