Victoria Woodhull for President

The media is trumpeting that Hillary Clinton is the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party, which makes her America’s first woman candidate for a major political party. And all I can think about is Victoria Claflin Woodhull. In 1872, Woodhull ran for president on the Equal Rights ticket. Her platform included equal rights for women (this at a time when votes …

The Roman Catholic Church could learn from Penn State

Though the university did not move fast enough, it still moved faster than the Catholic Church when a child sex abuser was identified. You can read more here, from Barbara Blaine, at Ms. magazine’s blog. Might this attention be the impetus for other institutions — including the Church — to take a tough look at …