Knights of Columbus make donation The Knights of Columbus Council 4205 of Clovis donated $10,000 to Archbishop Michael Sheehan on June 2 in Albuquerque. Deputy Knight Antonio Gutierrez said the money was raised from twice-weekly bingo games from the past year. Gutierrez said the group donated the money to the archbishop to train new preachers. […]
‘Truth’ not necessarily based in fact
February 14, 2006
By Leonard Pitts: Syndicated columnist So apparently, we didn’t get the real story on Cindy Sheehan’s arrest. Some of you will recall that I wrote last week how Sheehan, the anti-war activist, showed up to President Bush’s State of the Union address wearing a T-shirt that referenced the number of Americans killed in Iraq. Capitol […]
Political criticism shouldn’t be silenced
February 7, 2006
By Leonard Pitts: Syndicated columnist I am not cynical enough. Surely those who do not suffer this deficiency have already read conspiracy into the controversy over two shirts last week on Capitol Hill. But my ability to do likewise is impaired by a need to believe my elected leaders are not total horse’s patoots. Partial […]
Protesting mother one public face of war skepticism
August 22, 2005
Freedom Newspapers It is difficult by now to try dispassionately to assess the phenomenon of Cindy Sheehan, the grieving mother whose son was killed in Iraq and who has been staging a peace vigil outside the president’s home in Texas. But it’s worth an effort. There are two major reasons Sheehan has received so much […]
