Kennedy Commentary: How We Got Here….
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In. By Sheila Kennedy March 4, 2025 I recently came across a quote – I’ve misplaced the source – that summed up the conundrum that keeps so many of us up at night. Noth “...”
Kennedy Commentary: The Real Problem
This column was originally published on Sheila Kennedy’s blog, A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In. By Sheila Kennedy February 28, 2025 Bingo! That was my reaction when I read the title of this opinion essay in the Washington Post: “Can we find common ground without a sh “...”
Kennedy Commentary: The inconvenience of WWJD in American Evangelical Christianity
This column was originally published on Sheila Kennedy’s blog, A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In. By Sheila Kennedy February 7, 2025 Remember those bracelets that were so popular some years ago–the ones that had “WWJD” on them? It stood for “What Would Jesus “...”
Kennedy Commentary: And in Trumpy Indiana
This column was originally published on Sheila Kennedy blog, A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In. By Sheila Kennedy February 3, 2025 If you wondered whether Indiana’s new Governor, Mike Braun, would follow the agenda of his running mates–Beckwith, Banks and RoQuita, all “...”
Kennedy Commentary: White Sheets and Red Hats
This column was originally published on Sheila Kennedy’s blog. By Sheila Kennedy January 24, 2025 There is no longer any way to pretend that the MAGA movement is not all about racism. The only difference between Trump and a Grand Dragon is that the white sheet has been exch “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Documentary spotlights ongoing religious war
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A jaundiced look at the world we live in.” By Sheila Kennedy January 14, 2025 A few days ago, I participated in a panel discussion following a showing of “Bad Faith,” a documentary film about Chr “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Rally scheduled to reaffirm commitment to e pluribus unum
(Editor’s note: The Reclaim Rebuild Resist Rally from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Jan. 20, has been moved indoors to the Broadway United Methodist Church, 609 E. 29th St., Indianapolis.) This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A jaundic “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Rokita Again…
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy’s blog. By Sheila Kennedy December 3, 2024 Among the worst results of the recent election was the local–and sadly predictable–victory of Indiana’s statewide Republican ticket. Mike Braun can be expected to obedien “...”
KENNEDY COMMENTARY: Gerrymandering enables Indiana ‘culture warriors’ to thrive
This column was originally published on Sheila Kennedy’s blog. By Sheila Kennedy September 25, 2024 Let me begin this discussion by connecting some dots. Hoosier voters need to understand how partisan redistricting – usually referred to as gerrymandering – has gi “...”
Sheila Kennedy commentary: Bloomington media fail
Last week, I got a message from Jim and Tomi Allison. Tomi is a past, long-serving Mayor of Bloomington, Indiana (from 1983-1995) and she and Jim had sent this letter to the editor of the Bloomington Herald-Times. After over a week with no acknowledgement of its receipt–le “...”