The Supreme Court has thrown out even widely accepted and eminently sensible restrictions on guns. It is time for the U.S. bishops to call out the lawmakers and judges who enable our culture of violence.
Firmin DeBrabander
Firmin DeBrabander is a professor of philosophy at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and author of the upcoming book Life After Privacy.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
After the Pillar ‘outed’ a priest, how much privacy should lay Catholics expect on social media?
Many are no doubt pleased with revelations that expose the hypocrisy of a Catholic priest—again. But what does this incident mean for the rest of us?
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Privacy is the virtue that Americans love the most and understand the least
While we seem to take privacy seriously as a culture, in reality we allow unfettered access to our personal information in countless ways.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What we lose when we teach—and learn—online
Has the coronavirus revealed that a good college education can be obtained online? No, writes Firmin DeBrabander, there is no substitute for three-dimensional debate.
Posted inFrom Our Archives
Guns and the demise of the American common good
The common good is the first victim of America’s gun culture.