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The EDWINS Project: a model from Cleveland for reentry

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Cat White

A couple of weeks ago I got to tour a new residential project that is taking shape a few blocks from where I live. It’s not a new a development or a swanky condo high rise. It’s a campus to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cleveland, Current Events

Ben Carson’s magical thinking on the Holocaust

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Cat White

In yet another bit of stunning historical revisionism, GOP Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson claimed in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the Holocaust may not have happened if Europe’s Jews had been armed: “But just clarify, if there … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Politics

The sin of gun violence

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Cat White

I have been asked many times in my life whether I “believe that Jesus died for your sins?” Well, yes I do. But I also believe that Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. died for our sins. Hey, I’m a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cleveland, Current Events, Life, Religion

The legacy of Pope Francis will not be his meeting with Kim Davis

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Cat White

I was disheartened, to say the least by yesterday’s headlines regarding Pope Francis’ meeting with Rowan County Clerk of Courts Kim Davis. And yet this meeting did not cause me to lose hope in his ability and intention to bring … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Politics, Religion

It will simply be marriage

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Cat White

On Friday June 26, James Obergefell, who was prohibited by the state of Ohio from listing himself as the surviving spouse on his husband, John’s death certificate, was granted a victory by the US Supreme Court in the case Obergefell … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Life, Politics

Mr. Spock is dead: RIP Leonard Nimoy

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Cat White

Leonard Nimoy passed away today at age 83. I read that he was taken to the hospital last Thursday with a possible heart attack, so I am not completely surprised. I am, instead, deeply saddened. It’s like the end of … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts, Current Events

Havana here I come!

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Cat White

After 54 years, the United States will finally do the right thing, normalize its relations with Cuba and end its embargo. The embargo may be the longest-lasting ineffective and nonsensical foreign policy in US history. This means that twenty years … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, History | Tagged Cuba, embargo, foreign policy, US History

Breaking Bad toy fiasco

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Cat White

Irwin Mainway would be proud. Even he would have a hard time topping this headline: “Toys R Us pulls meth-toting ‘Breaking Bad’ action figures from shelves after Florida mom’s protest.” The dolls, based on the recently concluded AMC series, featured … Continue reading →

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ALEC: Church activists are hurting us. Make them stop

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Cat White

The conservative political Goliath known as ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) may have met its David in the guise of Unitarian-Universalists and other progressives. ALEC has been wounded not with a sling and stone, but knowledge and organized financial pressure … Continue reading →

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Scalia and categorical religious beliefs

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Cat White

Justice Antonin Scalia believes that “religious beliefs aren’t reasonable.” He is not saying that religious beliefs are not appropriate or not fair–that would be a shock, coming from him. Rather he goes on to say that “I mean, religious beliefs … Continue reading →

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