After a long grueling campaign season, I’m taking this as a good sign.
Posts in: peace
JD Vance says school shootings are a ‘fact of life,’ calls for better security
No, JD. You’re wrong. School shootings are not a fact of life.
They are the result of policies that prioritize “liberty” over life and an inane interpretation of the 2nd amendment over the common good.
Safe and Sane 4th of July
I cannot believe that the NYT published this opinion piece on the birthday of the United States. Why I Don’t Vote In this flippant article, Matthew Walther writes off the concept of civic duty as relativism and argues that not voting is okay because abstaining is just as expressive as casting a ballot. WHAT? All this just days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former president’s quest for immunity!
Finished reading: All the Kingdoms of the World by Kevin Vallier 📚
In this critique of anti-liberal ideologies - primarily Catholic integralism - Vallier presents arguments for (history, symmetry) and against (transition, justice).
I love the note on which he ends.
This is what it means to be a liberal: to pursue the ever-present possibility of peace.
Amen.
Here’s a link to my favorite local iconographer: kellylatimoreicons.com/blogs/new…
I am particularly drawn (pun not intended) to the series of Holy Family / Nativity renderings. They are spot on & a great tool for reflection.
John Lewis: In Memoriam
In thanksgiving for the life and service of John Lewis.