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Grilli: Too much politics?

Louis Grilli December 5, 2017

In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the Republican Lincoln Day Dinners. In his speech, he discussed the role of unelected citizens in their government. For Eisenhower, “politics ought to...

Grilli: New York Times’ piece on Tony Hovater

Louis Grilli November 29, 2017

New York Times reporter Richard Fausset, traveled to Ohio this fall to interview a white nationalist. The resulting piece, “A Voice of Hate in America’s Heartland,” drew an enormous amount of criticism...

Grilli: Division comes from other places aside the president. (Photo from pixabay.com)

Grilli: American divisiveness comes from commercials, too

Louis Grilli November 14, 2017

There is almost no doubt about the American imagination that President Trump is dividing people. Some think it’s on the basis of gender, some believe on the basis of sex, others believe he simply thrives...

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Grilli: Policy discussion should wait after mass attacks

Louis Grilli November 8, 2017

In the aftermath of the heinous New York City truck attack last week, President Trump came under a fair bit of heat for some comments he made regarding a certain immigration lottery program that allowed...

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Grilli: Antisemitism is always cruel

Louis Grilli October 31, 2017

Whether it’s the “blood libels” of early modern Europe, Germany in the 1930s, Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, or even Occupy Wall Street, any person of good will should be able to detect the pattern:...

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Grilli: Political competence actually requires deep reading

Louis Grilli October 24, 2017

While perusing the pages of YouTube this week, I came across a video by the famous “Crash Course” regarding the arguments for God’s existence put forth in the Summa Theologiae by St. Thomas Aquinas....

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Grilli: Executive orders

Louis Grilli October 18, 2017

In the last presidential administration, Executive Orders were a constant topic of conversation. In the Trump administration, the conversation has continued pace. Along the way, the point of these orders...

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Grilli: Kimmel as America’s conscience?

Louis Grilli October 9, 2017

CNN has recently called the late night host/political commentator Jimmy Kimmel “America’s conscience.” This may very well be true, but it is not a compliment. The late night host has inserted himself...

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Grilli: The presidency

Louis Grilli October 2, 2017

A problem has been growing almost unnoticed in American life for a little over a century. It is evident by the way dewy-eyed conservatives talk about President Ronald Reagan. It is evident by the way Stephen...

Grilli: What role does religion play in the political sphere? (Photo from pixabay.com)

Grilli: What is religion in the political sphere?

Louis Grilli September 26, 2017

In the realm of politics, religion can be a sword and it can be a shield. On Sept. 6, for Senator Dianne Feinstein, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, it was a sword. Taking place was a hearing...

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Grilli: The need for federalism

Louis Grilli September 20, 2017

The leadership of Donald Trump has given the American people the illusion that he is the iconic figure of our disagreement. Many people feel that everyone would be able to come together if not for the...

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Grilli: What does Donald Trump want?

Louis Grilli September 12, 2017

To many of our voting population in the United States, one could easily bring to mind a movie scene that, at first, might seem to provide a satisfactory analogy of President Trump’s recent behavior....

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