Monday’s attacks in Brussels left at least 31 dead and hundreds wounded. The rhetoric from politicians and presidential candidates, some fanning the flames of Islamophobia and some addressing only the law enforcement and intelligence aspect of the issue, seem to miss the point.
If we are to fight a war against violent extremism, we must do so in a way “that does not allow us to be dragged down into the wholesale hatred that our enemies practice.”
At the same time as a wave of literature about the power of “grit” in success and life has hit America, it seems that we’ve lost any ability to focus. What now?
It’s in the places where it’s hardest to see God where God can be most revealed.
Is social media, video games, and other online technology a danger to true social connections for children? Or is there something that children are gaining that parents may be missing?
This week Secretary of State John Kerry officially labelled as genocide the acts being perpetrated against Christians, Shiite Muslims, and Yazidis by ISIS.
This is a historic statement, says Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, but, “What does it mean to call something something if it doesn’t move us to action?”
The grievances, issues, or disagreements we may have are no reason to vote for a dangerous man. And now that Trump is so far ahead, he is dangerous.
How a moment with his son helped Elan learn to appreciate the moment while tempering it with this wisdom of age.
How on earth could a day about a number matter at all, let alone in our daily lives?
What we can learn from when our fallible bodies fail to accept even what’s good for them, and how we can apply it to how we live our lives.
It may seem easy to accuse Trump of appealing to the lowest common denominator. But the truth is that he’s appealing to something necessary in the human condition.