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A get-out-the-vote display, with candidate signs among bales of hay, at the Niobrara County Fair in Lusk, Wyo., on July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Nathan Beacom
The “weird” meme, popularized by the Harris-Walz campaign, goes hand in hand with a longstanding ridicule of rural America, and it is punching down on some of the most disadvantaged people in our society.
Visitors look at several electric vehicles on display at the China Auto Show in Beijing, China, on April 26, 2024. The United States and Europe may be able to punish China economically be raising tariffs on Chinese-made cars, but there are environmental costs to a trade war. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Paul D. McNelis, S.J.
Reducing our tariffs on Chinese exports, particularly solar panels and electric cars, would be an environmentally friendly move and would promote world peace.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., on July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kathleen Bonnette
As Catholics, we are responsible for promoting the wellbeing of all, and that means standing against authoritarianism whenever and wherever we see it.
Pope Francis kisses a Ukrainian flag carried by a group of Ukrainian children attending his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 10, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Paul James Macrae
There are no simple answers as to how to end a war. Benedict XV’s prophetic but ignored call for “a stable peace honorable to all” in World War I should be an example for Pope Francis.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Rachel Lu
As a Catholic Minnesota mom, I find a lot to like about Tim Walz. But I have two major concerns about him.
Arts & CultureShort Take
J.D. Long García
Look beyond the boasting and bravado and you’ll see that there is a lot more to Olympic star Noah Lyles than the persona he embodies while on the track or needling his opponents.