Pope John I wish to remember as a loving pastor
The writer reflects on Pope John XXIII, praising his patience kindness humor and goodwill. He cites tributes from LOOK LIFE and the London Telegraph and quotes Morris West from LIFE as praising the Pope as a builder of bridges for the poor. He hopes Roncalli would smile at God’s children crossing his bridge to salvation.
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John Griffin
Pope John
Joseph Roddy
LOOK
Rome
Holy Father
Italy
London Telegraph
Douglas Brown
John
Morris L. West
LIFE
Mr. West
Vatican
St. Peter’s
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
God
Promoting New Pronouns for Bi sexual Nouns
An editorial argues for new gender neutral pronouns to replace he for persons and citizens. It condemns historic masculine usage as oppressive and proposes bi sexual nouns like citizen and author deserve non gendered forms. The piece notes language evolves and urges starting with a new pronoun E.
Disquieting book review on Thomas Merton and inner peace
The piece questions religious pursuit of inner peace at any price and challenges self-alienation. It contrasts faith with intellect social concern and calls out hypocrisy and justice in a tone reminiscent of a skeptical commentator. The review weighs self interest against spiritual integrity and ends noting the author’s guilt as a fitting response.
Pronoun Debate in Freedom and Union Commentary
Clarence Streit argues for simplified pronouns in a 1940s era discussion, proposing E for singular and er im for possessive, expanding to double forms like he she it and introducing candidates for the office of the candidate's pronoun amid equal rights debates. He uses humor and rhetorical questions to urge modernization of English pronouns.
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Gallup
Clarence Streit
Freedom & Union
The Shine Boy and the New Negro Dream
The piece argues that a new generation of African Americans refuses patient endurance and demands full citizenship now. It contrasts educated, informed Black Americans with uninformed whites and calls out systemic bias in schools, taxation, and public life.
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America
McComb
Mississippi
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