Mar 31, 2020
Yes, technology can be bad for us. We spend too much time staring at our glowing rectangles, sometimes even at terrible things.
But now, during this pandemic, perhaps it’s possible to despoil our Egyptian captors and put this technology to good use. Specifically, did you know that your smart phone is, well, an actual...
Mar 30, 2020
It’s clear from history that our Christian forebears ran into the plagues with the love and care of Christ.
What’s not as clear is how, in this age in which social distancing is a very real and necessary way to love our neighbors, and when professional medical personnel can better care for the sick, how we should...
Mar 27, 2020
Perhaps an unexpected consequence of COVID-19 has been the new national and personal conversation about morality. What’s the right thing to do to keep each other safe? How do we prioritize economic concerns when lives are at stake? Are elderly lives as valuable as younger one?
Since everyone is looking for wisdom, the...
Mar 26, 2020
Just when you thought everything was bad because of the Coronavirus, Playboy announced it was ending the print edition of its magazine after 66 years.
And there’s more. Lobbyists for casinos told the Washington Post that the $260 billion industry is at a “near standstill” because of restrictions on public...
Mar 25, 2020
All crises reveal what’s truly important to us.
For example, in Massachusetts, hospitals are postponing all “‘non-essential surgeries’ in order to prepare for the potential onslaught of coronavirus cases.”
But how do you define nonessential? A person in constant, excruciating pain could consider...