Staff members will discuss the us governments drone warfare program. On thursday may jacobs recalls Americas Energy crisis of the 1970s in atlanta. And that same evening at the free library of philadelphia Daniel Shapiro talks about how to resolve conflicts between governments. That is a look at some of the author programs book tv is covering this week. Many events are open to the public. Look for them to air in the near future on book tv on cspan2. And you are watching book tv. Good morning. Thank you, everyone, for coming out for the 3rd annual san antonio book festival. Fourth, im sorry. I cant count. They were asking me if i have done this before, i have been involved in all of them. Thank you for coming out for the 4th. I want to remind you that this morning session is being filmed by cspan2. At the end of the comments by Marisa Abrajano when we get to q a they will bethere will be a microphone that will be passed around if you have questions, and we certainly hope that you do. Im
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Sandi Dolbee, formerly the religion and ethics editor for The San Diego Union-Tribune, had already been retired for a long time when Arts & Entertainment Editor Michael James Rocha approached her about returning to the pages of this newspaper as a columnist for the Arts+Culture section.
Last spring, the Sunday section had undergone a major change as a result of the pandemic, with the return of faith coverage as one of the priorities. Since then, Dolbee has been writing about faith, spirituality and ethics every two weeks.
Today, she returns to the front page with a story that explores how a nation, wounded by partisanship and cultural division, heals.
After four years of angry tweets and deepening partisanship, of two presidential impeachments and an election that ignited a siege, it sounds almost too naive to suggest that the road to healing these Divided States of America is as simple and as complicated as this: It begins with one conversation at a time.
That is the sentiment voiced by an array of faith leaders, political scientists, community organizers and ethicists, when asked how to resume the pursuit of a more perfect union.
“It sounds really silly, but I think we just have to spend more time listening to one another than talking at one another, ” said Marisa Abrajano, a political science professor and provost of the Earl Warren College at UC San Diego.