“The last election was a very bad election, and I’m not referring primarily to its outcome. Voters choose whomever they choose, and the electorate gets the government they deserve. What concerns me more deeply is that over six billion dollars were reportedly spent on the recent elections, and yet for all that investment of time and money, very rarely (if ever) did we hear a substantive debate concerning the real issues and challenges facing the country.
“It seems we have lost the ability to carry on serious, adult conversations in public about issues crucial to the common good. Make no mistake, liberal or conservative, we will suffer for it. No one is really ‘winning.’ The whole country, more and more, is losing. And the worse our problems get, the greater the anger and divisiveness, and the less likely we are to have people who can speak in public in a reasoned, mature fashion”
In a recent commentary, Dr. Randall Smith (associate professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas, Houston) reflected on what Catholics can do to help the United States, and her people, think about the nation and its common good in ways deeper and more substantial than has been done recently.
To access Dr. Smith's complete post, please visit:
The Catholic Thing: What Matters Now (9 DEC 12)
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