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Author: Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnist

News

To stop Trump, we need to vote in person, even if you have to crawl through broken glass

September 6, 2020Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on To stop Trump, we need to vote in person, even if you have to crawl through broken glass

Trump is planning to declare victory on election night before mail-in votes are counted. He must be denied the advantage of appearing to be ahead.

News

Message to evangelicals: Impeachment is about Donald Trump. It’s not an attack on you.

October 11, 2019Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on Message to evangelicals: Impeachment is about Donald Trump. It’s not an attack on you.

When a human object of devotion violates law and moral standards, it’s time to break away and recommit to our faith, our principles, our conscience.

Life

‘Game of Thrones’ finale: The profound message of Bran the Broken’s wooden wheelchair

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on ‘Game of Thrones’ finale: The profound message of Bran the Broken’s wooden wheelchair

‘Game of Thrones’ values wisdom over strength, cooperation over power, and peace over violence. Its wheelchair-throne is a perfect symbolic finale.

News

I’m not swooning over ‘Breakthrough.’ It avoids hard questions about miracles and God.

April 28, 2019Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on I’m not swooning over ‘Breakthrough.’ It avoids hard questions about miracles and God.

If a child’s cancer is evidence that God works in mysterious ways, so is a house that survived a tornado. Neither proves God favors some over others.

Sports

Super Bowl’s old-school masculinity needs an update. Real men get help when they need it.

February 1, 2019Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on Super Bowl’s old-school masculinity needs an update. Real men get help when they need it.

The Rams-Patriots clash celebrates playing through the pain. But suffer-in-silence, show-no-weakness masculinity is risky, as Kevin Love knows.

News

White progressives shouldn’t be smug about racism. We could be doing much more to end it.

November 29, 2018Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on White progressives shouldn’t be smug about racism. We could be doing much more to end it.

Our mouths, hearts and votes are generally in the right place. But our money often isn’t. What are we willing to risk to undo systemic racism?

News

Vote or forever hold your peace. This really IS the most important election of your life.

October 30, 2018Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnistComments Off on Vote or forever hold your peace. This really IS the most important election of your life.

Put a brake on the runaway Trump train. Stop the assault on democratic values, truth, facts and people who don’t fit his idea of real Americans. Vote.

Headlines

‘Big Hero 6’s San Fransokyo comes to life at Disneyland

August 31, 2023Eve Chen, USA TODAY

Velocity at what cost? MLB’s hardest throwers keep succumbing to Tommy John surgery

August 31, 2023Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY

Gadget guru or digitally distracted? Which of these 5 tech personalities are you?

August 31, 2023Jennifer Jolly

U.S. Embassy urges Americans to leave Haiti ‘as soon as possible’

August 31, 2023Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

PCE inflation report: Key measure ticks higher in July. What will the Fed do?

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023Paul Davidson, USA TODAY

USF is building a $340M on-campus football stadium amid concerns academics are being left behind

August 31, 2023AP

At 61, Meg Ryan is the lead in a new rom-com. That shouldn’t be such a rare thing.

August 31, 2023Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY

Iran bans weightlifter for shaking hands, taking photo with Israeli competitor

August 31, 2023Steve Gardner, USA TODAY

Blue supermoon: See photos of the rare moon that won’t happen again until 2037

August 31, 2023Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY

College professor harassed students to quench ‘clown fetish,’ offering extra credit, cash

August 31, 2023Chris Quintana and Colin Campo, USA TODAY
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