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Aims Part 1
One of the most vital spiritual aims for the new year is telling the Truth—the commitment to seeking the truth, accepting it, and telling it.
At first glance, this may seem simple. But look closely: hundreds of times each day we encounter half-truths, distortions, exaggerations, and convenient omissions. And if we are honest, we sometimes feel tempted to offer our own versions of the truth when it suits us. Why doesn’t this work?
The Last Straw Part 4
June 25, 2025
When I was a boy and up until early adulthood, I listened to the news from Walter Cronkite and, before him, Douglas Edwards and Edward R. Murrow, on CBS. I also watched Harry Reasoner, who was on ABC, and John Chancellor on NBC. Later, Diane Sawyer, Connie Chung, and Barbara Walters came aboard. For decades, I hadn’t seen any substantive differences in the news reported by the different networks. When a rocket went up from Cape Canaveral, when Khrushchev visited the White House and the UN, when Fidel Castro visited the US, and when President Kennedy was assassinated, all the networks reported the facts.