Army Ammunition Plant Is Tied to Mass Shootings Across the U.S.

“A Defense Department official, in a statement, said “commercial utilization brings lower costs to the Army and taxpayer, and keeps a skilled work force better positioned to respond to surge requirements.” The official said a 2021 study found that the government received a 10 to 15 percent discount on ammunition by allowing commercial sales.”

The military industrial complex and the government have a co-dependent relationship. As a result, taxpayers save money on defense spending and are subject to the widespread distribution of this ammunition.

Texas Bishop Loudly Critical of Pope Francis Is Removed

“The Holy Father has relieved from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler,” Bishop Strickland, the Vatican said on Saturday in a routine statement of global staffing changes. It added that Francis had appointed Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin as the apostolic administrator of the sede vacante, or temporarily vacant seat, of Tyler.

A divisive & toxic episcopate comes to its end.

Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans

Mr. Miller said Mr. Trump would invoke Title 42, citing “severe strains of the flu, tuberculosis, scabies, other respiratory illnesses like R.S.V. and so on, or just a general issue of mass migration being a public health threat and conveying a variety of communicable diseases.”

This is unfounded & inhumane xenophobia coming from the Trump camp. Gross.

Should this country elect this former president again, we will surely see our democracy become a dictatorship.

The BeReal notification happened right before class yesterday.

Attending my local comedy festival!

Mourning Richard Gaillardetz, an exemplary Catholic theologian, mentor and friend

Hearing this news, I was immediately reminded of this go-to book on ecclesiology and authority: By What Authority? by Richard R. Gaillardetz 📚

I remember having the opportunity to hear him speak when he was at the University of Toledo. I will fondly recall his deep knowledge and the grace with which he shared complex ideas. #RIP

My download speed should be much higher than 11.46 Mbps.

As Gaza Hospitals Collapse, Medical Workers Face the Hardest Choices

From an academic perspective, bioethicists often discuss a health care worker’s “duty to care.” Health care workers are good people and are willing to give of themselves in order to care for the infirm and vulnerable.

Reading a story like this brings the agony and terror of negotiating one’s duty to care in the midst of death and destruction from theory to the reality of life. I cannot imagine the burden these health care workers are bearing on behalf of these patients.

“We choose who gets ventilation by deciding who has the best chance of survival,” [Mohammed Qandil] said. “For us as a team, these aren’t easy decisions. It’s a morally sensitive issue with a lot of guilt.”

This is a tremendous amount of moral distress for health care workers. I pray for peace in the region, for the end of suffering, and that health care workers will have what they need to care for those in need.