Role model in challenging times

The Guest Commentary (“Why Afghanistan Matters,” Sept. 16) by Sergio Ernesto Barrera, an economics Ph.D. student at the U of MN and former U.S. Marine who served in Afghanistan, is one of the best pieces to appear in The Catholic Spirit in some time. Barrera’s sense of what it means to be an active Catholic in these challenging times is unmatched and inspiring. I hope when his doctoral studies are complete, he joins the faculty of one of our Minnesota colleges or universities. We need people like Barrera on our faculties both as teachers and as role models.

John S. Adams, emeritus professor of Geography, Planning and Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Christ the King, Minneapolis

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