Why go beyond the usual celebrity news or sob stories marketed as entertainment?

In the words of Charles M. Blow, a columnist for The New York Times: “But if America, as the world’s last remaining superpower, is to faithfully play a role — if we must play that role — as a check against tyranny and terror in the world, its citizenry must be up to the task of discernment.”

I started this blog a few years ago after a return from several years overseas. My lifelong interest in global affairs led me to that job, then to write a blog with an emphasis on world events. My audience is the spiritually attuned news junkie. Or the morally attuned news junkie. Those whose commitments speak to a desire to discern wise choices, not see the news as one more sitcom.

As Charles Blow said: “We have a responsibility to stay abreast of the conflicts in the world so that we can support or reject our leaders’ efforts to navigate them.”