The Monitor Difference

The Christian Science Monitor is global, both in practice and in spirit.

In an era when the mainstream media has narrowed its lens, we are convinced readers yearn for the opposite.

It is a perspective that comes naturally to the Monitor. Its founder, Mary Baker Eddy, explained the object of the paper this way: "To injure no man, but to bless all mankind."

While we may not land on the doorstep or in the inbox of all mankind (though we'd like to), our aim is to embrace the human family, shedding light and understanding with the conviction that truth is the beginning to solutions.

Mrs. Eddy's statement contains another distinguishing feature. The purpose of our journalism is to "bless" not "injure." That is central to how we cover the news.

We're unrelenting, but fair. We're excited by what's new and developing yet always mindful of the history behind us. We're broad in scope, but written for the individual. And this is a newspaper that makes a point of resisting the sensational in favor of the meaningful.

We're also free to be an independent voice, devoid of the corporate allegiances and pressures that critics say too often skew today's media.

Join us for a daily distillation of a changing world — your world. We'd love to have you come along.

And please let us know what you think. You too are an important part of the Monitor difference.