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This week I (finally) unveiled the results of my secret project, with a couple of exclusive reports on a new medical device that could change the way we react to infectious diseases— and spare us from repeating the disastrous errors of the Covid lockdown. Please check both of my reports (links below), to understand not only the nature of the device but also— importantly— the Catholic moral principles that inspired its developers.
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Curbing infections, not people- Part I tells the story about the “biodetector,” a device that can send the alarm when a virus is beginning to spread, thus allowing for quick action to limit the infection— and also allowing life as normal when the virus isn’t present.
Then Curbing infections, not people- Part II tells the story about how and why this device was developed. It’s no coincidence it was designed by committed Catholics, working in partnership with a Catholic university.
Leila and I talked about the “biodetector” on the Home Front, before turning to the results of the midterm elections and drawing some lessons from the debacle. We ended our podcast with a happier story, about a Virginia man who’s now a candidate for beatification.
Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco of Algiers has doubled down on his statement that the Catholic Church is “not there to convert.” His thoughts on the subject are either so obvious as to be meaningless, or so ignorant as to be culpable, or so obtuse as to be insulting to all the saints and martyrs.
In a more contemplative mode, I offered some thoughts on the dangers of hubris in public policy— dangers that are magnified by the advent of AI and the current popularity of socialist planning. I caution that AI can’t tell which way the wind is blowing.
Leila is my favorite go-to anti-feminist. But if you’re already enjoying her work, you should become acquainted with Carrie Gress, who explains here how “grace has no place in feminism’s world view.”
On the day after the blue wave hit, I found myself thinking the same thoughts that were on my mind 26 years ago, after my own political campaign ended in a loss. Politics is downstream from culture, and culture is downstream from faith. So “we cannot expect reform in society at large until we achieve reform within our Church.”
A German court ruling strikes at the ability of Catholic charitable agencies to pursue their work according to the tenets of the faith. Will the German bishops fight to protect the integrity of the mission? Or will the compromise— again— to serve secular interests?
A New York Times summary of the clerical sex-abuse scandal provides only rough estimates of the financial costs to Catholic dioceses. That’s noteworthy; after years of rhetoric about transparency and accountability, exact figures are still not available.
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