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Author Archives: Jack Crowe

Posted inLetters To The Editor

Don’t let anger turn into a wild fire

by Jack Crowe June 21, 2022June 21, 2022

I read your opinion piece on anger as a motivator for political action, with your reminder of how prescient Howard Beale (played by posthumous Academy Award best actor Peter Finch) was in the 1975 movie Network [First, get mad, then get to work, Ken Trainor, Viewpoints, June 15]. We didn’t know then that the fictional […]

Posted inColumns

Navigating the plastic minefield

by Jack Crowe June 14, 2022June 14, 2022
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Our linked journeys of the heart

by Jack Crowe May 3, 2022May 3, 2022
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Don’t expect justice from the Dominicans

by Jack Crowe April 5, 2022April 5, 2022
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The Ukrainians will long outlive Putin

by Jack Crowe March 15, 2022March 15, 2022
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Remembering what it means to be human

by Jack Crowe February 22, 2022February 22, 2022
Posted inOne Views

Social justice begins at home for Fenwick

by Jack Crowe March 10, 2021March 10, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Racism: where the past is present

by Jack Crowe June 30, 2020February 10, 2021
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Racism: where the past is present

by Jack Crowe June 24, 2020February 10, 2021
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Catholics need a Truth & Reconciliation Commission

by Jack Crowe December 4, 2018February 10, 2021

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