Posts Tagged ‘Ott Observations’
Ugly echos | Ott Observations
Last month, I was traveling in Alabama. I had some spare time, so I visited the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery. The memorial consists of a pavilion…
Read MoreWhere is the Christian voice? | Ott Observations
Recently there was a provocative editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch written by Thomas Finan. He is a renowned history professor at Saint Louis University. Ever since his editorial, there…
Read More‘If you can keep it’ | Ott Observations
Recently I read an editorial by Solomon Stevens, author of the book “Religion, Politics, and the Law.” In his view, representative democracy can be so frustrating it draws us to…
Read MoreFailing econ 51 | Ott Observations
When I attended the University of Missouri, there was a famous class primarily due to a dynamic professor that made a boring subject interesting. Econ 51 was the foundational economics…
Read MoreRight vs Wrong | Ott Observations
Our daily news cycle constantly features district court, appeals court and Supreme Court decisions about actions taken by our executive branch of government. We are a government fighting amongst ourselves. …
Read MoreProfile in cowardice | Ott Observations
In 1956, then-Senator John F. Kennedy wrote a book titled “Profiles in Courage.” It consisted of a series of short biographies describing acts of political bravery and integrity by eight…
Read MoreMotherhood | Ott Observations
Some people think Mother’s Day is a holiday contrived by greeting card companies and florists to sell more of their products. Certainly the crass commercialization of religious or historical events…
Read MoreA good plan? | Ott Observations
Depending on the day of the week, we have heard many different reasons for President Trump’s proposed and real tariffs. Many of Trump’s supporters believe he is trying to restore…
Read MoreTrust issues | Ott Observations
This opinion column started with a Letter to the Editor I wrote in November 2020 immediately after the election. My Republican friends and neighbors were aghast at the pending destruction…
Read MoreThe only real guardrails | Ott Observations
Throughout the first Trump presidency and after, there was constant media banter about the “guardrails of democracy.” Trump’s use of executive power was unprecedented in our history and raised many…
Read MoreDownsizing or dismantling | Ott Observations
I think you would be hard-pressed to find an American who doesn’t think our federal government is too big and inefficient. Accordingly, there should be 100 percent consensus supporting what…
Read MoreDEI thoughts | Ott Observations
Stewart was one of the last surviving combat pilots of the famed fighter group known as the Tuskegee Airmen. They were the nation’s first Black military pilots. Their “Tuskegee” name…
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