Steven Millies
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The machine has no judgment — and that matters
Artificial intelligence is not truly intelligent. It lacks the synthetic, creative capacity of the human mind, relying instead on pattern-matching algorithms that remain subject to the oldest computing problem: flawed inputs produce flawed outputs, no matter how sophisticated the system.
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Catholic voters and a crisis of conscience
The Catholic moral tradition places the common good at the center of political life. A sobering look at how U.S. Catholic voters in 2024 weighed that tradition against the record of a twice-failed president — and what their choice has cost the world.
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‘We,’ not ‘I’: An Ohio archbishop called Catholics to talk their way to consensus
Cincinnati’s Archbishop Robert G. Casey has announced a 2027 archdiocesan synod, making his diocese one of the very few in the United States to formally respond to the Vatican’s call for local synodal assemblies. His vision of leading with “we” rather than “I” is drawing attention well beyond Ohio.
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Plurality — the West’s greatest and most forgotten achievement
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Mozart and Beethoven as pillars of Western culture, and rightly so. But the thinkers who may matter more today are Locke, Jefferson, and Madison — the architects of a West defined not by sameness but by the right to differ.
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The world needs more than just common sense
When “common sense” fails the heart, where do we turn? A look at how imagination allows us to see possibilities that simple precedent cannot offer. By expanding our vision, we find new ways to live with purpose in a difficult, often cynical world.
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