Category Archives: Spirit of communication

“A Game-Changer”: New York State Eucharistic Congress

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

Published by The Evangelist, newspaper of the Diocese of Albany, on Oct. 28. Thousands of Catholics attend three-day, New York State Eucharistic Congress in Auriesville as Bishop Scharfenberger celebrates concluding Mass. Photo by Bill Schmitt Over 11,000 Catholics converged on … Continue reading →

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Guardian Angels: Looking Up to Working-Class Heroes

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This is a preview of a commentary soon to be published in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Please consider subscribing to that publication to support this work. You can also see my comments in the Sept. 30 edition of The … Continue reading →

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Duty is Truth, Truth Duty

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary was published today in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Please consider subscribing to that publication to support my work. Learn more about my multimedia content and career experience at billschmitt.substack.com/about. America’s mainstream news media cannot say “they didn’t … Continue reading →

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An Actor with Dwarfism Who Rose Above Trials

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

A 50th Anniversary Remembrance of Michael Dunn This commentary was published previously in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Please consider subscribing to that publication to support this work. On August 30, exactly fifty years after his death at age 38, … Continue reading →

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In Polling, Are We the Margin of Error?

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary was published earlier in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Please consider subscribing to the publication, whose contents include a Bookshelf of resources for the avocational student of phronesis, or practical wisdom, as described by Aristotle. Here’s a recent … Continue reading →

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Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Numbing

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This is the complete, two-part commentary published today in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. On Substack, part two was published as part of the “Phronesis Plus” supplement behind the paywall for subscribers. Please consider subscribing to support this work. Hear … Continue reading →

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Hold My Bier: It’s Boomer Time

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary was published today in “Phronesis in Pieces,” found at billschmitt.substack. “Generational theory” fascinates me. Think of it as sociological analysis that attempts to interpret America’s story by understanding the subplots interwoven over time by various age groups. These … Continue reading →

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Jesuits See Lives Touched by a Close Call 250 Years Ago

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This article was published in The Tablet, the newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn, on July 22, 2023. See the piece at thetablet.org, in a slightly revised form. I have been a freelance writer and editor for the newspaper, published … Continue reading →

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Fake Muse? Finding Allies in Voegelin and Cuomo

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This discussion of philosophy–in ancient times and on the nightly news–appears in the current edition of “Phronesis in Pieces,” my Substack publication at billschmitt.substack.com. Eric Voegelin I want to point out a link I have added to the “Defining Phronesis” section of … Continue reading →

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Quoth Bob Dylan, We’ve Gotta Serve Somebody

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

“Ask what you can do for your country.” If a U.S. president said this today, as President Kennedy did in 1961, it would trigger a negative reaction in some circles. What would we call that reaction, clinically speaking? Depending on … Continue reading →

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