“We must not think that these efforts are not going to change the world. They benefit society, ..for they call forth a goodness which, albeit unseen, inevitably tends to spread.” -the Laudato si’ Pope Francis. “My message is we’ll be watching you.” Greta Thunberg Michigan in late April, and it’s always the same question: Will it…
There’s a particular type of person that indulges in the type of thinking that brought us to yesterday’s sedition, sedition incited by what some are calling a treasonous leader. I’ve known some of them personally, although I’d care to know them less these days. They feel gifted with the insight that they “understand” that there have…
In something like this a larger question is raised that’s not about one person, one party, about winning or losing. Do I know the country I’m living in? Do I want to know it? In my most absent moments, I find myself laughing at what 45 says. Because of the sheer absurdity of it, and because…