For his courageous opposition to Vladimir Putin’s dismantling of Russian democracy and unprovoked, unjust war against Ukraine, Vladimir Kara-Murza is our 2024 Millennial of the Year. The Russian dissident has been persecuted, poisoned, and imprisoned by Putin’s brutal regime, yet he has bravely continued to defend democracy, freedom, and human rights. He has spoken up… Read More Millennial of the Year 2024: Vladimir Kara-Murza
via the White House: Today, President Biden spoke with His Holiness Pope Francis and named him as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United… Read More Pope Francis Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction
via the NY Times: Alcohol is a leading preventable cause of cancer, and alcoholic beverages should carry a warning label as packs of cigarettes do, the U.S. surgeon general said on Friday…. But alcohol directly contributes to 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 related deaths each year, the surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, said. He called… Read More Surgeon General: Add Cancer Warnings on Alcohol
via the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life: As an eventful 2024 comes to an end and we approach a new year, a new presidential administration, and a new Congress, how can American Catholics and people of good will bring principles of Catholic social thought—human life and dignity, family and community, solidarity and… Read More Catholic Responsibilities and Opportunities After the Election and Synod
Michael Sean Winters writes: Can the Democrats perform a proper autopsy?: We should be suspicious of monocausal explanations for the defeat, but the largest reason seems to be that the Trump campaign successfully placed their candidate on the winning side of the “diploma divide.” As David Brooks noted at The New York Times about the… Read More What Went Wrong for the Democrats in 2024?
At the NY Times, Pope Francis writes: Narcissists are continually looking into the mirror, painting themselves, gazing at themselves, but the best advice in front of a mirror is to laugh at ourselves. It is good for us. It will prove the truth of the proverb that there are only two kinds of perfect people:… Read More Pope Francis: There Is Faith in Humor
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