Mondays are always for replying to letters from readers. I’ve paraphrased this letter for brevity.
One sometimes hears otherwise faithful persons say that although they never speak to their friends about their faith, they try to live in such a way that their lives will be a witness to the Gospel.
A bogus quote from St. Francis of Assissi is often used in support of this idea. No, he did not say “Always preach the Gospel, and when necessary, use words.”
Under duress, the Secretary of State has finally turned over her private email server to the FBI. Her apparent serious violation of national security laws should certainly be investigated – but in an executive branch in which the administration of justice is so regularly harnessed to political ends, why does the FBI bother?
I am going to have to stop calling Mondays student letter days, because I make so many exceptions. But the Canadian author of this letter was a student not too long ago.
Hate crimes are crimes committed because of hatred for members of certain social groups. The premise of hate crimes legislation is that crimes committed from such motives are worse than other crimes. Consider.
A man beats up a woman because he hates women. Hate crime.
