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Sam Sawyer, S.J., Editor in Chief
Sam Sawyer, S.J., is the editor in chief of America Media.
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Articles by Sam Sawyer, S.J.
This is why forcing Apple to help the F.B.I. won't solve any problems in the long run. (Screenshot from iOS)
In All Things
The feature already in your iPhone that makes the F.B.I.-Apple fight a moot point
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Unbreakable encryption is fact of modern life—because of math, not politics. We need to decide how to live with it.
In All Things
One year after the Planned Parenthood video story: some “what if's” to consider
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
What if we admitted that what the Planned Parenthood videos revealed was legal, and then asked why?
A "posada," the commemoration of Mary and Joseph's search for shelter, Dec. 20 along the international border fence in Nogales, Sonora. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
In All Things
Is the U.S. taking Herod’s side in planning to deport families fleeing violence?
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Preparations are beginning to deport families fleeing violence in Central America. Here are some suggestions about how to respond.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Martin Shkreli’s fraud did not occur in a vacuum.
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
When we enjoy our outrage and savor Martin Shkreli’s defeat, we might not notice that such outrage is, in this case, the voice of conscience.
People pray during a vigil at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church Nov. 28, the day after a gunman opened fire on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo. (CNS photo/Isaiah J. Downing, Reuters)
In All Things
Abortion clinic violence isn't the biggest issue in the Colorado tragedy: mass shooting violence is.
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
No one is served by rhetoric that suggests that pro-lifers have “incited” this violence.
In All Things
Watching ‘Spotlight’: what a priest who discerned his vocation during the Boston scandals learned
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
It was all the more gut-wrenching for being so good a film and for telling its story so carefully and fairly.
Protesters carry signs and an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Vista, Calif., Aug. 3 (CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters).
In All Things
Dog whistles instead of dialogue—that's what the Planned Parenthood videos have achieved
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Why the accusation of "selling baby parts" resulted in us never getting to really talk about abortion.
In All Things
H is for "Hubris"? What Google's Alphabet restructuring tells us about its goals.
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Google's co-founders are after something more than profit.
In All Things
Jon Stewart signs off warning us against "bulls**t"—but is vigilance enough?
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
The best work on "The Daily Show" helped unmask our self-deception, but that only gets us halfway to the real goal.
In All Things
Deceptive editorializing: looking at the coverage of the Planned Parenthood videos
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
"Deceptive editing" is used to dismiss the videos, but deceptive editorializing is at least as big an issue.