What Works: CNN’s epic fail is a lesson on false urgency
Very few things are actually important to know in real time. Some things are fun to know in real time, like watching live sports or…
turn off the news
Appropriate Fear of God
Memorial of Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr. What is an appropriate level of fear of God? Father Dave delves into this topic, perhaps with startling…
Bad Christmas Music
For almost every Mass on the first Sunday of December I can remember, a (visibly angry) priest would climb to the pulpit and offer a…
What Works: Turn Off the News
I don’t mean to put anyone out of work in this difficult economy — I even have several friends in this profession — but I implore you to turn off the news and leave it off. Mainly, I want you to turn off the local news, where “if it bleeds, it leads” and the priority, after titillating you with gore, is to scare you — because they thrive if we think we have to watch or we’ll die.
