by Agnes Howard | Jun 5, 2019 | Opinion
Someday, soon perhaps, the Juul electronic cigarette will pass into the heap of cast-off youth fads, and we may breathe sighs of relief once that’s over. Until then, fuel for wild-eyed screeds against the product needs to come from somewhere. Religious and moral...
by Agnes Howard | Oct 24, 2018 | Opinion
Periodically, some of the very institutions most responsible for the 24/7-always-on work culture that we inhabit rue that culture, and then give counsel on how to disconnect for a while. Matthew Kitchen, writing recently in The Wall Street Journal, has such fresh...
by Agnes Howard | Aug 24, 2018 | Opinion
Can theology fix the college-party scene? In a recent book, “College Hookup Culture and Christian Ethics,” Jennifer Beste, Koch Chair for Catholic Thought and Culture at the College of Saint Benedict, proposes theology as the remedy for what’s wrong with the...
by Agnes Howard | Jan 25, 2018 | Opinion
Alex Stone startled in a recent New York Times op-ed, “Is Your Child Lying to You? That’s Good.” Stone, author of “Fooling Houdini,” tempts readers to abandon that plodding parental desire to raise honest children with this irresistible...
by Agnes Howard | Nov 1, 2017 | Opinion
It’s been a busy year for those whose connection with Martin Luther is not only confessional but professional. In this 500th anniversary of the year when Luther is credited with starting the Reformation, the world already has had months or more of reflection,...
