Green Junction Garbage along highways can endanger drivers. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) spent nearly $10 million of its budget to clear garbage from the roads in 2024. The state’s website includes strong statements about the unfortunate use of state funds for trash removal. “ALDOT’s mission is to maintain and improve roads, not trash... Continue Reading →
The Canaries of Lattimer
As the US prepares to celebrate Labor Day, remember the holiday's true meaning. The man at the head of the column carried an American flag. He was Slovak. He worked underground for a company that owned his house, employed his doctor, and ran the store where he bought his flour. On the morning of Friday,... Continue Reading →
The Pews Filled Up Anyway
A priest in Quincy, a monk in Minnesota, and a chaplain in Brussels all asked the same question: what does the distance from the altar to the street reveal? Thomas Merton helps answer it, and the story begins in Quincy, Illinois. In the summer of 1886, a thirty-two-year-old priest stood upon the altar of St.... Continue Reading →
Words For The Wind by Fr Charles Niblick
My friend, a well-known pastoral theologian in the public sphere here in the greater Chicagoland area, used to write a column in the parish bulletin titled “Words for the Wind.” Since retiring, he has decided to revive this column here on Facebook. He will share his thoughts, literature, poetry, insights into church life, and other... Continue Reading →
The Stranger on the Tigris
Why comparative religion became a survival skill in the age of artificial intelligence He had handed his revolver to the captain, tried to run at the last landing, and been tied up in the cabin for it. The steamer was somewhere on the Tigris below Baghdad, carrying him back under guard. German rivals working the... Continue Reading →
The Board with Two Sets of Rules
What a disregarded inventor, a debate season, and Gil Durán’s The Nerd Reich teach us about building guardrails for the autonomous revolution. In 1903, a stenographer in Washington, DC, filed a patent for a board game she had been testing on the porches of a single-tax colony in Arden, Delaware. Her name was Elizabeth Magie. She was... Continue Reading →
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