The Deutsche Christen and the Volksempfänger (1933–45)This period in history, between 1933 and 1945, is probably the closest real-world precedent to what my blog post today describes, and it's rarely invoked in AI-ethics writing. The "German Christians" movement fused nationalist identity with church structure, and Goebbels' propaganda ministry subsidized a cheap mass radio — the Volksempfänger,... Continue Reading →
The Teacher: Macrina the Younger, the Woman Behind the Cappadocian Fathers — and What She Says to the Age of AI
A Deathbed History Almost Forgot Annisa, on the Iris River in Pontus, late in the year 379. A travel-worn bishop hurries up the road to his family’s old estate. Gregory of Nyssa has not seen his older sister in eight years. He has just buried his brother Basil, the most famous churchman in the East; the... Continue Reading →
Listen to NASA: By Julie Peller, Ph.D.
Green Junction The particulate matter (PM2.5) measurements from the Purple Air (purpleair.com) monitor on the front of my house recently reached the 700s, a dangerous level I do not recall seeing in the past four years since the monitor was installed. There was a notable odor outside that accompanied these very high levels. It was... Continue Reading →
Did YOU read Brian Fraga’s article in NCR? “Tech billionaire Peter Thiel takes on popes, delves into end-times theology”
A reflection on eschatology, elite capital, and Christian nationalism based on Brian Fraga’s article in National Catholic Reporter entitled Tech billionaire Peter Thiel takes on popes, delves into end-times theology When the Antichrist Comes for Regulation: Peter Thiel, the Papacy, and the Theology of Silicon Valley Power I want to start with a sentence that sounds like... Continue Reading →
Making a Life, Not Just a Living: Reframing Work Through Catholic Social Teaching
Based on Kate Ward’s Making a Life: Catholic Social Teaching and the Meaning of Work (Bloomsbury, 2026). Using the See-Judge-Act Method Most of us inherited a definition of work we never actually chose. It arrived through job postings, performance reviews, LinkedIn feeds, and the quiet dread of the Sunday-night inbox. It tells us that work... Continue Reading →
The Mall That Ate Its Own Dream: Why Victor Gruen Still Matters and What Thomas Merton and Marshall McLuhan Have to Say
Victor Gruen never meant to invent the shopping mall as we know it. That’s the part of his story people tend to skip, and it’s the key to his story. The Austrian-born architect who designed Southdale Center — the first fully enclosed mall in America, opened in Edina, Minnesota, in 1956 — and over 40... Continue Reading →
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