Guest Commentary

“To kindness and love, the things we need most.” —The Grinch

Have you ever asked yourself whether there are any “normal” people in the world? Don’t we all struggle with something? Well, the answer is: yes! How do I know? 

One of the major consequences of climate change facing Connecticut is a significant increase in flooding.

The U.S. government has been borrowing from Peter to pay Paul for decades. That should come as no surprise to most, but the speed by which we are piling up debt to support our spending has become alarming.

Imagine that you lived in a time when there was often no explanation for falling stars or extraordinary occurrences in the sky. On the night of Nov.

Nobody, no non-terrorist government Sunni, Shite, Muslim, Palestinian, Israeli, Egyptian, Jordanian wants the Gaza Strip, wants to govern, provide well-being (education, medical services), to enable Gaza Strip residents. 

When I was a freshman at Notre Dame High School for Boys, outside of Chicago, now Notre Dame College Prep, none of my surviving classmates ever heard the term Prep, I was taking Latin, from the greats Mr. Bartos and Father O’Neill, which I still am taking from them,  my First and Third Latin books before me.

Communities everywhere are struggling to respond to the crisis-level need for housing that most people can afford.

And at the same time, many communities are working to protect their open spaces and farmland and combat climate change.