Engage in Public Discourse

Re Speaking Up When it Matters Most, January

As a former journalist and editor, it seems to me most media seem primarily interested in presenting polar opposite positions and calling that news, rather than promoting intelligent, informed, enlightening discourse that actually leads to constructive conclusions. Then there are the well-financed special interest groups that feed the media. They have axes to grind that are not necessarily ours, something we must always keep in mind.

There is a place for our faith in public life but we do it a grave disservice and invite charges of hypocrisy if our participation in public discourse is not fully founded in that faith. If what we say relies even partially on partisan or facile positions or concepts or political correctness, and is then presented in a faith wrapping, we would call that hypocrisy.