Being comfortable receiving and processing information faster unfortunately does not correlate with our ability to assess that information for truth, much less for wisdom.
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Sam Sawyer, S.J., is the editor in chief of America Media.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
This is not what pro-life leadership looks like
Whatever motivated Mr. Trump to reinstate the Mexico City Policy, it was not a consistent recognition of the dignity and sacredness of every human life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Is it easier to see your own sin in outer space?
Why is it easier to explore the gritty reality of racism, sexism or elitism when it’s set in another world?
Posted inVideo
Voices of San Quentin
A slideshow from the Catholic chaplaincy at San Quentin State Prison.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Why Pope Francis’ comments on women’s ordination are both business as usual and a big deal
Why Pope Francis’ comments are both business as usual and something worth talking about.
Posted inIn All Things
Is Pope Francis a failure? Not so fast.
There is more than one way to measure the strength of the church.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Who became a neighbor? Reading Black Lives Matter through the Good Samaritan
There are many roads to Jericho in the world today, but our country keeps winding up on this one.
Posted inIn All Things
The feature already in your iPhone that makes the F.B.I.-Apple fight a moot point
Unbreakable encryption is fact of modern life—because of math, not politics. We need to decide how to live with it.
Posted inIn All Things
One year after the Planned Parenthood video story: some “what if’s” to consider
What if we admitted that what the Planned Parenthood videos revealed was legal, and then asked why?