Archive - The Critical Reader

May 2025

Remembering a Forgotten Hero

Walking to our family plot at Calvary Cemetery in Youngstown, Ohio, my daughter and I found a grass-covered grave.

May 26 •

How to Be a Critical Looker

And how to stick up for what you know is true.

May 22 •

Sunday Musings: The Purpose of the Pope

Thanks to social media and the movie “Conclave,” millions of people worldwide followed the death of Pope Francis and the process of selecting a new…

May 14 •

More Teens With Guns = More Dead Teens

When a teenager enters a school and shoots students and teachers, the country flies flags at half staff, and citizens cry for better gun control and…

May 8 •

Should a President Pose as the Pope? Nope.

But the Church faces even bigger obstacles.

May 7 •

April 2025

Getting back into writing (or something else) when you haven't written (or whatever) in awhile

I’m going to write my newsletter three days a week.

Apr 25 •

Sunday Musings: put down the stones

Once again, Sunday Musings appears on Monday.

Apr 7 •

Good News About Food Banks

And a message about misinformation

Apr 3 •

What Else Is News?

Covering everything, except the obvious.

Apr 3 •

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