Forty-eight years ago today, thousands of Americans endured 80-degree heat and six-hour waits to pay their respects to the late Robert Kennedy in New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

"Star Wars" is original and surprising. It is witty, not only in its comic dialogue, but in its ability to spoof itself and the science-fiction genre without going for the cheap laugh.

In the spirit of Ecclesiasticus (44:1), let us now praise famous men: specifically Frank Sinatra.

The culture that the church faces today cannot be understood as that of the previous three centuries.

The multitude on the Mall should be a reminder to the nation that it has come a good distance in its journey toward equality and unity and should serve as an inspiration for traveling the rest of the way.

All of us, in one way or another, are in some sense culpable. For we have allowed and still allow the hateful racist menace to grow up in our midst.