Making a Murderer
Several weeks ago, I finished watching the documentary series, “Making a Murderer,” on Netflix. Filmed over a 10-year period, it’s an unprecedented real-life thriller about Steven Avery, who was exonerated ...
Sounds of Silence
In a recent issue, Matt Malone, editor of America Magazine, passed along a joke about his religious order, the Jesuits, who have a reputation for being highly educated, sophisticated and ...
Is God a Feminist?
Definitely. OK, so we don’t usually think of him/her in those terms, which may conjure up women protesting, marching and going bra-less. But does God buy into society’s biases against ...
How to Be a Success
A recent National Public Radio broadcast discussed the huge differences in salaries that result from the choice of a college major and subsequent career choice. The presumption underlying the story ...
Trust
As a section editor at a newspaper, I occasionally received calls from people complaining that the paper was filled with “bad news.” They wanted “good news,” they said. I had ...
How to be Human
Next time you hear a scientist say something like, “The more we know about the universe the less important we become,” don’t buy it. The reality is precisely the opposite, ...