Monday's News & Ideas - 3/7/2022
- Cuomo speaks at church
- Ukraine’s seminaries
- Skateboarding & spirituality
- Declining audiences
- Pastor under surveillance
- How war became a crime
Cuomo re-emerges and blames ‘cancel culture’ for his fall*
The New York Times: Andrew Cuomo, the ex-governor of New York, said in a speech at a Black church that he wanted to “tell my truth.”
Ukraine’s pro-Russian monasteries draw local suspicion
The Guardian: War has sharpened the split between Ukraine and Russia’s Orthodox churches, with some historic sites in Ukraine still loyal to Moscow.
Skateboarding’s spiritual side — skaters find meaning in falls and breaking the monotony of urban life
The Conversation: There are spiritual elements to skateboarding for some within the skateboarding community.
‘If you build it they will come’ no longer works for baseball — or organized religion
Religion News Service: Faced with declining audiences and a troubled product, baseball — like organized religion — has turned on itself.
Faith under fire*
The Intercept: A pastor’s legal fight against Customs and Border Protection exposes a reckless surveillance operation.
The Spark
How war became a crime
Putin is violating a surprisingly powerful international law, and other nations are punishing him accordingly, Vox says.
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