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Walking on Water in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Readings for 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time: 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a; Psalm 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:22-33. This week, Democracy Now! interviewed David Krueger, an assistant professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Montreal. The discussion concerned something that sounds like science fiction but is already beginning to happen â artificial intelligence goingâŚ
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Bread or Blockade? Jesus, Gaza, and Cuba
Readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 55:1-3; Psalm 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18; Romans 8:35, 37-39; Matthew 14:13-21 Todayâs Gospel is about hunger. And so, unfortunately, is todayâs world. But the kind of hunger I want to talk about today is not simply the tragic hunger caused by drought, crop failure, poverty, or some mysterious shortage of food. I want to talk about something farâŚ
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My Tears for Willie Loman
Last Saturday, Peggy and I went to New York City to see Arthur Millerâs 1949 masterpiece, Death of a Salesman. We left the Winter Garden Theater in silence. Before long I realized I was crying. Yes, weeping. The tears continued for blocks as we walked toward the restaurant where we planned to have dinner. Even now Iâm not entirely sure why I cried. At first I assumed I was simply identifyingâŚ
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What Is Democracy For? China's Whole-Process Democracy and the Common Good
My recent OpEdNews article, âChinaâs Example and the Need to Rethink Democracy Itself,â prompted an interesting response from editor-in-chief Rob Kall. He agreed that Americaâs inability to think beyond the next election is becoming one of our greatest national weaknesses. But he asked me to explain more fully what the Chinese call âwhole-process peopleâs democracy.â How does it actually work? IsâŚ
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July 4th: What Made Me Stop Loving "America"
Every Fourth of July Americans are invited to celebrate freedom, democracy, and the birth of the republic. This year, on the nationâs 250th anniversary, I find myself unable to join the celebration. A few days ago, listening to Amy Goodmanâs Democracy Now!, I heard Princeton historian Eddie Glaude utter words that startled me by expressing exactly what I had been struggling to admit to myself:âŚ
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Zohran Mamdani: Story, Theology & Social Change
Last week Zohran Mamdani strengthened his reputation as a political kingmaker. Congressional candidates he endorsed defeated more traditional opponents in New York City Democratic primaries. Mamdaniâs influence is clearly growing. Watching those results come in, I found myself thinking about a novel I published a few months ago, Against All Odds: How Zohran Mamdani Became President and ChangedâŚ
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In Memoriam: Michele DuRivage (1953-2026)
Last Friday, our family celebrated a memorial for my wife Peggyâs sister, Michele (Mitchy) DuRivage, a mother, wife, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, cousin, acquaintance and friend who transitioned from this life several weeks ago. After the funeral Mass in Katonah NY, we all gathered at our daughter Maggieâs splendid green house in nearby Westport CT to share reflections on Micheleâs life. WhatâŚ
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Our 50th Wedding Anniversary in Greece
Iâve been away from my blog for too long. But I have a good excuse. From the 5th to the 15th of June Peggy and I along with our whole immediate family including our 8 grandchildren were partying â on the island of Sifnos in Greece. The reason? June 5th   happened to be Peggyâs and my 50th wedding anniversary. Yes, 50 years! And what a journey that has been. Peggy recounted it in a beautifulâŚ
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Thirteen Necessary Reforms Dictated By Pope Leoâs Magnifica Humanitas
Pope Leo XIVâs Magnifica Humanitas (MH) may well prove to be one of the most important moral documents of the twenty-first century. At a moment when artificial intelligence is being celebrated as humanityâs next great leap forwardâor feared as its greatest threatâthe pope offers something largely absent from public discussion: a coherent moral framework. Most political leaders approach AI inâŚ
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Pope Leo, AI, and the New God Question
Pope Leo XIVâs first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (âMagnificent Humanityâ), is already being compared to Pope Leo XIIIâs Rerum Novarum. Just as that earlier document confronted the human consequences of the Industrial Revolution, Leo XIVâs encyclical addresses what may be the defining question of our own age: what does it mean to be human in the age of artificial intelligence? The popeâsâŚ
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Pentecost and the Sin of Christian Nationalism
Readings for Pentecost Sunday: Acts 2: 1-11; Psalm 104: 1, 24-34; 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-7, 12-13; John 20: 19-23 Last Sunday thousands gathered on the National Mall in a celebration blending Christianity, nationalism, military imagery, and devotion to Donald Trump. Crosses stood beside flags. Speakers praised America as a specially chosen nation. Calls for âstrong borders,â âChristian values,ââŚ
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Human Rights for Enemies Only? Amnesty International, Iran, and the Blind Spots of âDemocracy Now!â
I was listening to Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! the other morning. The segment concerned Amnesty International and its latest report on the worldwide increase in capital punishment. According to Amnesty, the sharp rise in executions was driven largely by Iran. Fair enough. Executions are terrible. State repression is terrible. No civilized person should celebrate either one. But as I listened,âŚ
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China's Example and the Need to Rethink Democracy Itself
More than a year ago, OpEdNewsâ visionary editor-in-chief, Rob Kall, started a project called the Arc of Justice Alliance (AJA). Its original intent was to offer a progressive alternative to the Republican Project 2025. The latterâs goal is to reduce the federal government to a size (in the words of Republican operative Grover Norquist) that could be drowned in a bathtub. The AJA agenda wouldâŚ
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âWe Love Americansâbut Not Their Leadersâ: The Message Democrats Refuse to Learn
A brilliant Iranian-produced video has been making the rounds online. Itâs simpleâdisarmingly so. In some versions itâs rendered in LEGO animation, in others with straightforward narration. But its central message lands with unusual force: âWe love Americansâbut not their leaders.â That line deserves careful attention. Because in a political culture saturated with noise, it cuts through withâŚ
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Presidential Assassination? Only Shocking When It Happens Here
The reports came in the usual wayâbreaking news, partial details, a lot of urgency and not much clarity. Another alleged attempt on the life of Donald Trump. Another moment where weâre all supposed to stop and say, âHow could this possibly happen here?â But thatâs the part that rings hollow. Because if weâre honestâeven just a little honestâthe real question isnât âHow could this happen?â ItâsâŚ
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When the Inner World Collapses: "Primary Trust" and the Sound of âKachingâ
The other day I found myself listeningâreally listeningâto the background noise of our culture. Not the loud political arguments or the endless commentary about war and elections. Something more basic than that. It was the sound beneath it all. âKaching.â Itâs the sound of the cash register, the market ticker, the bottom line. Itâs the unspoken assumption that whatever matters must beâŚ
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When âGod on Our Sideâ Becomes Dangerous:Vance, the Pope, and the Many Faces of Violence
Not long ago, I wrote about what I called the âdangerous simplicityâ of Pope Leo XIVâs claim that âGod is never on the side of those who use violence.â At the time, the point may have seemed abstractâmore a matter of theological nuance than urgent public concern. However, a recent exchange between JD Vance and Pope Leo XIV has brought the issue sharply into focus. In fact, somewhat ironically,âŚ
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