I’ve been thinking about why America glorifies billionaires while calling working people 'takers.' And the answer isn’t pretty: we stopped seeing each other as one community. Meanwhile, the countries actually doing well decided everyone counts. I wrote about it — because I think we’re overdue for a society that wins together.

With all due respect to the Holy See, these are the cinematic equivalent of someone telling you their favorite meal is “a nice chicken breast with no seasoning.” There’s nothing wrong with it. Totally valid. But also: this is a man who has access to the Vatican archives, decades of world cinema, thousands of films exploring philosophy, storytelling, ethics, and human meaning — and he came back with “Here are four movies they show in high school English class when the teacher forgets their laptop at home.”

Sometimes we get angry at the consequences because it hurts too much to look at the decisions — or circumstances — that put us there in the first place. Sometimes blame becomes a place to put grief when there’s nowhere else for it to go.