November 29, 2006 - Pictures speaking countless words…. remember the days when Pope John Paul II was globetrotting? In his more vigorous days, the first photos of his travel to a new country would show him kneeling to kiss the ground of the land… Continue reading →
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November 26, 2006 - Here we go again. In Saturday’s Washington Post, Colbert King …confirms the rumors that have been echoing around the back rooms of the city: School Superintendent Clifford Janey does not have the confidence of key players in the city. King Continue reading →
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November 22, 2006 - Thanksgiving. We must take time for gratitude amid the mundane chores and stressful demands of our daily lives. Daily life: the phone is ringing, and on line #1 there’s a student complaining about heat, and on line #2, a parent… Continue reading →
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November 16, 2006 - All the news photos show two people with broad smiles hugging each other, the tall man with gray hair clamping his arm around the petite brunette. Both look like winners, and both are, in their own way. But the media … Continue reading →
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November 13, 2006 - In a remarkably suitable coda to a week of political upheaval, during which “we the people of the United States” clearly proclaimed our desire for peace, thousands of people gathered on the National Mall to break ground for a new … Continue reading →
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November 11, 2006 - Armistice Day: November 11, 1918, the Allies and Germans sign an agreement or “armistice” ending “the war to end all wars,” World War I…. A year later, President Woodrow Wilson declared that November 11 should be observed as Armistice Continue reading →
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November 10, 2006 - To understand the historic weight of Nancy Pelosi’s achievement, look at the list of Speakers of the House…, below, from the first Congress in 1798 to today’s 109th Congress. A total of 51 men have held the Speaker’s position Continue reading →
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November 9, 2006 - “If women are to be truly accepted as leaders in this country, nothing is more important than seeing women in high political office.” (The White House Project…) For more than a century, the nation’s women’s colleges have been Continue reading →
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November 8, 2006 - Congratulations from the Trinity Community to our alumnae who were victorious in yesterday’s elections: Nancy Pelosi ’62, and Kathleen Sebelius ’70!! Governor Sebelius won her second term to lead the State of Kansas…. She is widely respected for Continue reading →
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