“The most trusted man in America”
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I’m watching the television tributes to the original news anchorman, Walter Cronkite. Growing up, the “CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite” was a nightly ritual in my family home.
And I am remembering that night as a young child when I watched Cronkite sign off (”…and that’s the way it is”) for the last time. And I remember my childlike terror, the sinking feeling of “how in the world will we know what’s happening in the world anymore.” I get momentary shivers of the same feeling today. It’s becoming harder and harder to get the kind of “news” Walter Cronkite used to deliver.
What has all this to do with religion? Admittedly, this has much more to do with the “civil” in this blog’s title than the “religion.” (And with the fact that this blog is hosted by a news organization.) But just like democracy, “civil religion” depends…
