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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces his company’s new name, Meta, and its new virtual reality "metaverse" during a virtual event on Oct. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Will Garbe
Facebook is in the business of amplifying anger, something admitted in its own internal documents. Instead of fixing the problem, it wants to add virtual reality to our worst forms of argument.
Donald Trump brought deception to a new level, in part through his ability to communicate directly with millions of Americans by way of social media. In this photo, then-President Trump speaks during a rally protesting the Electoral College certification of Joe Biden as president in Washington, D.C., on Jan 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Martin T. Meehan
Our elected officials are failing us, elevating artful pandering and dishonesty over real solutions, writes Marty Meehan in an essay adapted from his speech to a Vatican conference on the media.
FaithShort Take
Joe Hoover, S.J.James T. Keane
Many topics of great import were discussed at the meeting of the U.S. bishops. But they missed the mark on bingo, confession and whether cats possess prevenient grace.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
John W. Miller
Zillow got burned by paying too much for houses. U.S. families are getting burned by skyrocketing housing costs. Artificial intelligence may be making things worse for both.
FaithShort Take
Jim McDermott
That morale is down for priests across the country is not exactly stop-the-presses material. But I wonder if it isn’t the canary in the coal mine of the Catholic Church today.
People walk past posters placed by climate activists ahead of a protest march in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Griffin Thompson
The climate summit in Glasgow only reminds us that the Paris Agreement is weak and overly dependent on market incentives. The Catholic Church and “Laudato Si’” provide a better foundation for real change.