A Catholic Security Scholar’s Case for Responsible Military AI
by Craig Douglas Albert
Can a person of faith argue for military AI while still defending the sanctity of life?
0:00 / 19:25 · Narrator Charon
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2026-07-06
Today's Crosscut
Narrative and Moral Clarity
When a country’s foreign policy turns into a series of cold business deals, looking back from the future shows why the small, messy details of a person’s life are the only solid ground left to stand on.
The Whiplash of Trump’s Iran Capitulation × A Moral Compass: Slavenka Drakulić (1949–2026)
0:00 / 21:38 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Behind the news →
Marco Rubio’s Dangerous Diplomacy in Lebanon
by Nathan Thompson
If the price of peace is a civil war, who does the diplomacy actually serve?
0:00 / 9:52 · Narrator Sulafat
Why India Cannot Let the Rupee Float
by Deepanshu Mohan
Can the elegant abstraction of a floating currency survive the stubborn cost of daily life?
0:00 / 8:55 · Narrator Gacrux
Looking Back at Humphrey’s Executor
by Michael Dreeben
Can a legal cornerstone hold when the political parties have traded places on presidential power?
0:00 / 15:24 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
For the curious →
‘My Questions Were Affected by Fiction’: Carlo Ginzburg (1939-2026), Pioneer in Microhistory
by Naveen Kishore
How does a historian find the voices of the past within the records meant to silence them?
0:00 / 50:46 · Narrator Algieba
Smart escape →
‘The Final Set’ Tells the Story of Tennis’ Greatest Rivalry Becoming a Friendship
by Owen Lewis
How do two people who spent decades trying to outlast each other learn to survive together?
0:00 / 9:05 · Narrator Rasalgethi