Hugh Hollowell

I recently posted a note about my friend Patrick’s wife Mary and her act of Christian Civil Disobedience. Several people have emailed me and also commented on other places on the Internet with various responses, a common one being that Mary broke the law and thus deserved to go to jail. Others have expressed concern [...]

My friend Patrick O’Neil and his wife run the Catholic Worker house in Garner. In August of 2006 she and some others were arrested for “trespass” when they were praying at an execution. Last week her case finally went to trial and she received 15 days of jail time. Below is Patrick’s write-up of how [...]

In our ever growing quest for empire, we are now erecting a wall along our southern border. Some quotes of note from the article [along with my commentary]:
To meet his deadline, Chertoff is using sweeping authority Congress granted in 2005 to waive 36 federal laws protecting water, air quality, endangered animals, and native American [...]

Sorry about the language, but she does have a point…

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These days, everybody is going green. We are told to cut emissions, to buy fair trade coffee and to cut our driving. There is so much conflicting information, or at least information that appears to conflict. Where do we turn to get the real scoop?
Here is a site I like a lot. Greener Choices is [...]