Culture & Politics
Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust
Christopher Heffron
June 25, 2024
Journalist, historian, and host Garrett Graff has made our country’s gun fixation the focus of the third season of his celebrated podcast, Long Shadow.
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I’d Like to Say: We Need to Stop ‘Othering’
Christopher Heffron
May 24, 2024
The time-honored practice of othering those who differ from us is eating away at our Christian call to love one another.
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Confronting Ageism
Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD
May 24, 2024
From the greeting card aisle to the workplace, negative stereotypes about aging abound. This author argues that it’s time to recognize and counter ageism.
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Let’s Talk about Immigration
Susan Hines-Brigger
April 24, 2024
The ultimate goal should be reasonable immigration policies that respect and assist all the parties involved—Americans and immigrants.
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The Way of Compassion
Pauline J. Albert, PhD
March 25, 2024
Might we think about addressing others with compassion? Might we intercede when we see someone not treated with respect and teach our children to do the same?
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Gun Violence and the Right to Life
Christopher Heffron
June 24, 2023
When the worst of COVID-19 was finally in our rearview mirrors, those who survived should have rejoiced. Instead, we got angry.
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord
The Olympics shouldn’t be political. On the contrary: The games are a distraction from it.