Chris Murphy

The algorithm cannot turn on until you become 18 years old and that we would hold the companies responsible for building verification systems. And if we saw widespread abuse of those systems, that those companies could be held accountable. That would first just put more kids in touch with each other. It would get them off their screens, and that would be good for kids.

It would give parents a sense that they're back in charge, right? They decide whether their child is on social media and what sites, not their kid. And it would sort of lift the spiritual health of the country in multiple ways. That's something that I think is good for the country and that one party could choose to run on more strongly than the other party. Right now, it's kind of muddled.

It would give parents a sense that they're back in charge, right? They decide whether their child is on social media and what sites, not their kid. And it would sort of lift the spiritual health of the country in multiple ways. That's something that I think is good for the country and that one party could choose to run on more strongly than the other party. Right now, it's kind of muddled.

Nobody knows whether the Democrats or the Republicans are for that.

Nobody knows whether the Democrats or the Republicans are for that.

Well, listen, I'll think about the predicate to that question. I'm not actually sure I buy that lower-income families care less about their children's cell phone addiction. I'm speculating. I admit it. Some of my experience actually speaks to the opposite in that When you have to work, you know, 60 hours a week or two jobs or weekends, your kids are on their own more often than not.

Well, listen, I'll think about the predicate to that question. I'm not actually sure I buy that lower-income families care less about their children's cell phone addiction. I'm speculating. I admit it. Some of my experience actually speaks to the opposite in that When you have to work, you know, 60 hours a week or two jobs or weekends, your kids are on their own more often than not.

And it's sometimes those parents, they rely on the phone. They do. Right. But they worry more. To your question, though, yes, part of what we have to admit is that people have become untethered to institutions, institutions that used to give them both companionship, but also meaning.

And it's sometimes those parents, they rely on the phone. They do. Right. But they worry more. To your question, though, yes, part of what we have to admit is that people have become untethered to institutions, institutions that used to give them both companionship, but also meaning.

If you want to know why we are in a spiritual state of disrepair in this country, you don't have to look much further than this rapid diminution of membership in both churches and labor unions to big institutions that in the early part of last century provided a lot of meaning and connection for people in this country. And so I think it's okay for Democrats to say we'd be better off as a country

If you want to know why we are in a spiritual state of disrepair in this country, you don't have to look much further than this rapid diminution of membership in both churches and labor unions to big institutions that in the early part of last century provided a lot of meaning and connection for people in this country. And so I think it's okay for Democrats to say we'd be better off as a country

If more people affiliated with institutions and on that list is included religious institutions. And let's have a conversation as a country about how we can help make religious institutions more healthy. We could, as Democrats, support more grants and more public funding going to help keep the doors of religious institutions open.

If more people affiliated with institutions and on that list is included religious institutions. And let's have a conversation as a country about how we can help make religious institutions more healthy. We could, as Democrats, support more grants and more public funding going to help keep the doors of religious institutions open.

When we talk about wages, we could talk about how wages are connected to free time and leisure time and say, as a party, we value people having the time on a weekday evening or a weekend day to be part of a church community or to be part of any other social or cultural institution where people find companionship.

When we talk about wages, we could talk about how wages are connected to free time and leisure time and say, as a party, we value people having the time on a weekday evening or a weekend day to be part of a church community or to be part of any other social or cultural institution where people find companionship.

So I think Democrats, yes, have been very reluctant to engage in talk about church and religious life. But I think that's wrong from a policy perspective and from a political perspective.

So I think Democrats, yes, have been very reluctant to engage in talk about church and religious life. But I think that's wrong from a policy perspective and from a political perspective.

Well, I'm thinking about your question. I mean, I don't know that Republicans are more willing to use religion in their talk because of their own personal experience with religion. I just think they are more willing to use it as a mechanism to try to sort of exploit fissures in our communities.

Well, I'm thinking about your question. I mean, I don't know that Republicans are more willing to use religion in their talk because of their own personal experience with religion. I just think they are more willing to use it as a mechanism to try to sort of exploit fissures in our communities.

Jesus talked a whole lot more about caring for the poor than he did marginalizing people who come from different countries or speak different languages, and yet Republicans tend to talk more about religion as a foundation of their policy motives. Yeah, for me, I mean, I have made tries, often unsuccessful, frankly, in the last couple of years, to rejoin a religious life.