Pope Francis has died, and I have a regret. Early on in his pontificate, I wanted to write a book that would have his face on the cover. At the time, everyone seemed to be coming out with a book on “the Francis effect” about the first pope from the Americas.
On Easter morning, the day before he died, Pope Francis met Vice President JD Vance, a devout defender of President Trump’s virulent anti-immigration policies. Francis and Vance exchanged brief pleasantries, but a few minutes later, an archbishop read the pontiff’s holiday homily, which decried “how much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants.”
CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL
After all the talking and arguing about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal bordercrosser and alleged gang member deported by the United States and now imprisoned in El Salvador, there is still a fundamental unanswered question about the case: Why is he imprisoned in El Salvador?
Instead of sleeping in on Saturday morning, Darcy Olsen and her four children woke to their attic on fire. Her people came to help.
This is an era when the great certainties that ruled American life for nearly three generations are being questioned more deeply, more widely and more seriously than at any time in decades.
CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL
Klarna, StubHub and Medline have put on hold their initial public offerings. Jaguar Land Rover has paused all car shipments to the United States. Nintendo has delayed taking preorders for its new game console, the Switch 2, to assess the effect of tariffs on prices.
It’s the middle of April in twenty-five, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem that once was memorized by generations of American schoolchildren.
Back in the age of flip phones, phone books, video rentals, and other outdated practices, this newspaper had a “lifestyles editor.” This person was responsible for collecting news for engagements, anniversaries, weddings, births, club news and more.