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Another View: World can’t tolerate crackdown on Muslims by Myanmar’s army

by The Washington Post October 9, 2017October 8, 2017

Failing to respond to their plight and persecution would compound the crime of their expulsion.

It’s true what Walter Lippmann wrote in 1920: ‘We define first and then we see.’

by BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press October 2, 2017

His combination of experience in private business, military acumen and deep roots in the religion made him emblematic of Mormon leaders of his era.

by Michael Curtis Special to the Press Herald September 28, 2017September 28, 2017

Let’s hope that the Nobel Peace Prize winner who runs the country now puts an end to all the suffering.

by Chicago Tribune September 27, 2017September 26, 2017

Churches shelter people hurt by a natural disaster and deserve to get help when they need it to repair and rebuild.

by Sandra Jaeger Special to the Press Herald September 18, 2017September 18, 2017

Don’t tell me how I should live my life and what I should believe and how I should act.

The once-fledgling and predominantly Russian parish of St. Alexander Nevsky Church has grown, and is quickly becoming ‘a church for all of us.’

The vagaries of weather could rather be God’s way of asking us to reach out and help each other.

by Jack Whitacre Special to the Press Herald August 30, 2017September 6, 2017

The words ‘peace be upon you’ had the power to dissolve a lifetime of fear and anxiety for a convert.

by Jonathan Zimmerman Tribune News Service August 9, 2017August 8, 2017

That’s how stuff like ‘Little Black Sambo’ got removed from curriculums, through public scrutiny of content.