Trusting
I had a friend ask me, “Why would you trust yourself to God? To an invisible spirit?” Seems like a dumb decision. PICTURE: Unsplash My friend likes a drink so I asked him, “Why would you trust yourself to alcohol?” Alcohol contributes to so much that is bad in our society: drink driving, domestic violence, […]
“So stressful”: Alone and unpaid, Lebanon’s migrant maids in grip of mental health crisis
ABBIE CHEESEMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the ongoing crisis among female migrant domestic workers in Lebanon…
With pews emptied by COVID-19, a Catholic researcher asks, ‘What if they never come back?’
RNS COVID-19 safety measures and social distancing have put further strain on many Catholic churches and parishes that have already seen their flocks dwindling. While many still hope things will go back to “normal” once a vaccine is widely available, one researcher is asking a tough question: “What if they never come back?” Dan Cellucci, […]
Essay: Are ‘immunity passports’ a good idea?
UK academics ZANIA STAMATAKI and KK CHENG, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the pros and cons of the ‘immunity passport’ concept…