Ave Maria in the Afternoon – August 26, 2024 – Hour 1

Author: Bryant Schoenle Published on: August 26, 2024 Published in: Ave Maria in the Afternoon

Neil Postman warned in 1985 that our society was “amusing itself to death.” What would he say today? Stephen White joins us and Russ Breault tells us what’s new about the Shroud of Turin.

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Marcus’ Monologue: Mother Angelica and Peggy Guggenheim

August 26 is the birthday of two very different women: Mother Teresa and Peggy Guggenheim, the daughter of Titanic victim Benjamin Guggenheim. Marcus compares how their lifestyles reflect their very different values.

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Talking Politics in a World that is Amused to Death

In his classic work Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman shared his concerns about how the pervasiveness of television was changing society. What would he have to say about a world of TikTok, Twitter and Smartphones? Stephen White joins us.

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No Politics is Local Now

stephen white — Stephen P. White is executive director of The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America and a fellow in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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Confronting the New Age of Extremes

Political Extremism in the US is as bad as it’s been in our lifetimes. One example is the candidate’s selections for Vice-President. Rather than choose moderate running mates who would appeal to the center, both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris selected more extreme candidates who would energize their voter base. John McGinnis looks at the problem.

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A New Age of Extremes?

John McGinnis — John O. McGinnis is the George C. Dix Professor in Constitutional Law at Northwestern University and a Contributing Editor at Law & Liberty. His book Accelerating Democracy was published by Princeton University Press in 2012. McGinnis is also the coauthor with Mike Rappaport of Originalism and the Good Constitution published by Harvard University Press in 2013 . He is a graduate of Harvard College, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard Law School. He has published in leading law reviews, including the Harvard, Chicago, and Stanford Law Reviews and the Yale Law Journal, and in journals of opinion, including National Affairs and National Review.

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Why is the Shroud of Turin back in the news?

Last week there were several news reports, especially from secular institutions, about a “new” study that supported the claim that the Shroud of Turin is the real burial cloth of Christ. Are the studies really new? Has anything changed about our understanding of the Shroud? Russ Breault joins us.

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Shroud of Turin: What We Know About the Burial Cloth of Christ