Faith and the Common Good

Talking about the global common good and religion's role in promoting it here and around the world.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

What Putin Got (Exceptionally) Right

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I am no fan of Vladimir Putin and I have real questions about what is motivating his recent actions, but I have to say that these words from...
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A New Way to Fight AIDS in Africa

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The staggering numbers surrounding AIDS in Africa can leave us numb and paralyzed to act, but a new program under development by my good fr...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Russia’s—and U.S.A.’s—Dirty Hands on Chemical Weapons

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News of Russia’s proposal to help eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons naturally brings out American suspicions about how gen...
Monday, September 9, 2013

Saudis Announce Support For US Strikes: What Does THAT Mean?

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The front page of the Washington Post announced the news: “Kerry: Saudis Support a Strike”, which elicited an instinctual ...
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Saturday, September 7, 2013

Pope's Challenge: "Conquer Your Deadly Reasoning"

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"We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves. As if...

The Bacevich Moment

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The book I had the opportunity to serve as research assistant for. When I studied under Andrew Bacevich 15 years ago his wa...
Saturday, June 8, 2013

Dowd on Obama

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Maureen Dowd can be rude and crude, but she can also be right on target as she is in her latest column. She concludes with this: "Back ...
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Greg Metzger
I am a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University (1988) where I majored in American History and I received my masters in international relations in 2002 from Boston University. I worked for years at InterVarsity Press and more recently taught social studies in high schools and middle schools in California. I am currently an at home dad of three and husband of a public health doctor and researcher. We live in Rockville, MD. My work has appeared at Talk2Action, Books and Culture, Christian Century, Commonweal and Touchstone.
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