Four Corners
Four Corners
September 17, 2020
It’s not just a cliche. America really used to be great. At least many of us felt so—growing up loving it in so many ways. Why has that changed? And what must we do to awaken again this gratitude in our young people today?
It’s hard to say anything good about COVID’s impact. But I’m about to try.
Lots of people read lots of things these days. But it’s a very different kind of reading than before. Here’s why that should worry us.
An Australian state adopts a law requiring Catholic priests to break the seal of confession in certain situations, part of a troublesome trend that is also emerging in the United States.
Are there understandings of social justice that would help us unite around its aspirations—rather than continue fighting over it?
Being judged for being “judgmental” has become so commonplace we hardly think twice about it. But sound judgment says we should.
Can a country founded on the idea that all of us are created equal accept Jesus’s admonition to see contention as the devilish delusion that it is?
Although tolerance is believed to be a way to avoid contention, if applied incorrectly, it can be used more as a weapon than a notion of compassion.
With the overwhelming amount of “news” found in the media, is it possible for us to know where we can turn for real and reliable information?
