May 18, 2026

This weekend saw, "Rededicate 250: A jubilee of prayer, praise, and thanksgiving" descend on the National Mall in Washington. Many of the speakers have claimed that America was founded as a Christian nation and the event drew speeches and readings from many top Republicans, including the president and vice-president.

But if we go back 250 years and read the words of those who helped shape the founding of this country, we find a contradictory message. Today's quote comes from Thomas Paine in early 1776. He wrote that this type of event, "mingling religion with politics" should be "disavowed and reprobated by every inhabitant of America". So here I am disavowing and reprobating the event and every politician and speaker who tried to mix religion and politics.

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

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