April 22, 2026
This year gave us a special perspective on the fragile planet that is the home to all of us. So on this Earth Day, let us absorb these beautiful words from Samantha Harvey.
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May 30, 2026
In The Crucible, Arthur Miller expressed an idea that I have always taken for granted. The idea that each adult gets to vote in elections based on his humanity, not based on the property that he possesses. Yet, this week I learned there is at least one town in Delaware
May 29, 2026
Over 100 years ago, Edith Wharton noticed "that Americans want to get away from amusement even more quickly than they want to get to it". And in that vain, Governor Josh Shapiro came to South Philly to unveil a multimillion-dollar plan that aims to reduce the traffic woes
May 28, 2026
The pope not only apologized for the role the Catholic Church played in legitimizing slavery, but he also warned about the dehumanization that could come from our increasing reliance on artificial intelligence. He tells us of new forms of slavery and colonialism that the digital revolution is fueling. It seems
May 27, 2026
It was great to see the pope so clearly apologize for the role that the Catholic Church played in legitimizing slavery. Richard Wright reminds us that the countries of Europe "could not have built nations on so vast a scale had they not shut their eyes to the humanity