Katie Kieffer

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Katie Kieffer
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Virtuous Leisure
By Katie Kieffer
“What I like doing best is Nothing,” Christopher Robin tells Winnie-the-Pooh in A. A. Milne’s 1928 collection of stories, The ...
June 29, 2021
Poppies of Flanders Fields
By Katie Kieffer
Flanders Fields, Belgium, 1915: Poppies, the hue of human blood, blow in the gentle breeze. The scarlet blooms decorate thousands ...
June 01, 2021
God, Author of Diversity and Uniformity
By Katie Kieffer
Green, green everywhere. Spring blooms are here: nascent lime green buds and tufts of emerald green grass—proffering glimpses of God’s ...
April 26, 2021
Talent. On Loan. From God.
By Katie Kieffer
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh frequently told his audience—of over 62 million weekly listeners—that his “talent” was “on loan from ...
February 22, 2021
Barrett and Ginsburg Shine, Harris Pretty Dim
By Katie Kieffer
Many women—and some men—feel a sense of obligation to vote for the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket and thereby help a ...
October 12, 2020
The Woke Chokehold
By Katie Kieffer
We can ban police chokeholds in all 50 states—but the pervasive chokehold in America today is the “woke chokehold.” A ...
August 05, 2020
Courage to Hope
By Katie Kieffer
“A light from the shadows shall spring,” J. R. R. Tolkien wrote in The Fellowship of the Ring. Hope is ...
July 08, 2020
Black Fathers Matter
By Katie Kieffer
Fathers matter. A child without a good father figure grows up with a disadvantage that cannot be erased by money, ...
June 22, 2020
Why Do So Many Christians Vote Democrat?
By Katie Kieffer
45% of Catholics and 39% of “Protestant/Other-denomination” Christians voted Democrat in the 2016 Presidential Elections, according to Pew. In other ...
June 09, 2020
China’s Next Play: First in Space Warfare
By Katie Kieffer
We – the United States – are at war with China. And China’s next play – following COVID-19 - is ...
May 26, 2020
Google’s Monopoly on Speech
By Katie Kieffer
“Don’t be evil” was explicit to Google’s motto and code of conduct for some 15 years. In 2015, Google updated ...
May 11, 2020
Open (Save) America Now
By Katie Kieffer
Our best chance at saving America is to open America. Now. Certainly, states like New York and New Jersey, must open ...
April 22, 2020
A Dragon for Christmas
By Katie Kieffer
Red fire, green scales, and sharp white teeth for Christmas?On Sunday afternoon, I went on a walk. Home after home ...
December 23, 2019
2.9 Billion Bird Deaths Linked to Solar, Wind
By Katie Kieffer
Feathers at the foot of a wind turbine. Bird droppings at the base of a solar panel. A coroner could ...
September 23, 2019
Girl in a Red Balloon
By Katie Kieffer
Two legs—jutting from a large red balloon—struggle to navigate between rows of gawkers. Women follow the red balloon girl—each covered ...
June 18, 2019
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