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By Steven Dick and Copilot Each time I go to perpetual adoration, I like to study the daily readings. It is nice to take the time with the readings and try to understand them. In the past, I have used my own interpretations and understanding. Unfortunately, I am not a Bible scholar, and so I […]
Read More Who Were the Corinthians?Predicting the future of media is a strangely intimate act. It forces you to look at technology. It also makes you look at yourself—your assumptions, your blind spots, and the cultural air you breathe without noticing. I’ve been making these predictions for more than thirty years. It has been long enough to see some of them come true. Others have fallen apart. I’ve been making these predictions for more than thirty years. It has been long enough to see some of them come true. Others have fallen apart.
Read More Media 2050.There are few gifts more powerful than a child’s first book. A book can turn bedtime into an adventure, a parent’s lap into a classroom, and a quiet afternoon into a doorway to the wider world. That simple belief is at the heart of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program that mails free, high-quality, age-appropriate books to children from birth until age five, regardless of family income.
Read More Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: A Love Letter to Little ReadersThe Vatican declared that SSPX has committed a schismatic act. It is worthy to consider what the leaders of SSPX want and their objections to the Catholic Church as it stands today.
Read More The SSPX Schism: Tradition vs. Modernity in CatholicismThis post looks at the best STEM programs in Louisiana and what we can learn from them.
Read More STEM Education in Louisiana: What is WorkingArtificial intelligence has become a defining force of the 21st century, reshaping economies, governance, communication, and even the way societies understand human identity. Yet the world’s major institutions are not responding to AI from a single shared worldview. Instead, they are articulating distinct frameworks rooted in their own histories, values, and priorities.
Read More AI Ethics at a Crossroads: A Global ViewThere are many reasons Stephen Colbert was removed from CBS. However, this article looks at the economic case against the show.
Read More The Case Against Stephen ColbertPublic development priorities are both ambitious and fragile. They aim to address often interconnected challenges such as poverty, inequality, health, climate change, education, and institutional trust, yet progress remains difficult and uneven (United Nations Statistics Division, 2025; Sustainable Development Report, 2024). When these efforts repeatedly fall short, they can also weaken public confidence and make future mobilization harder.
Read More Understanding Collective Action for Public GoodWhat is an AI image? I recently took a trip with a difficult photography challenge. AI helped considerably in the process from planning to clarifying the final image. The question is, “What is fair and what is unreal?” The end compares a raw and an AI clarified image.
Read More Capturing the Northern Lights: A Journey with AI AssistanceChronic absenteeism has emerged as one of the most persistent and consequential challenges facing U.S. schools. This challenge opened the door for behavioral science, and specifically nudging, as a complementary tool within the attendance‑improvement ecosystem. Nudges—small, low‑cost changes to the way information is presented—are designed to influence behavior by leveraging predictable cognitive tendencies such as present bias, misbeliefs, social norms, and limited attention.
Read More Addressing Chronic Absenteeism: The Role of Behavioral Nudges
