Robert Brehl
Faith in civil discourse waxes, then wanes
Comment: Priest caught in vicious smear campaign
Fr. James Martin, an American Jesuit, author and media personality, has appeared in this column before for his humour and humility, including his intimate 465-page portrait Jesus: A Pilgrimage.
Comment: The opposite of hate is fear, not love
Of all the media coverage following the despicable white supremacist display in Charlottesville and the bumbling reactions from a president, one column in The Globe and Mail really stood out.
Comment: Artificial intelligence is coming, ready or not
The other day, I got into a discussion about singularity and artificial intelligence with a computer science student. He鱿鱼视频app young, smart and full of optimism. I鈥檓 older, debatably wiser and certainly more skeptical about the benefits of AI.
Comment: Political correctness has a life of its own
I鈥檝e long been fascinated by political correctness and how it often has a life of its own; either ignoring facts or not bothering to find facts before going off half-cocked.
Comment: Man and the machine battles wear on
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Comment: When good fortune smiles, sharing follows
One Saturday night years ago, my mother won a trip to Monaco and the French Riviera in a raffle. The next morning, I remember her putting more money in the collection plate than usual.
As a fan of murder mysteries, I was drawn to a new Netflix series entitled The Keepers, a true-crime story about the murder of a popular young nun who was a high school teacher in Baltimore.
Comment: No bond is stronger than mother and child
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Whether opening a in Rome or in the Vatican, Pope Francis knows the power of symbolic messages.