It’s often said that America’s original sin was the resort to slavery beginning 400 years ago in Virginia, but let’s face it — man’s original sin is racism or any other ideology that demonizes and devalues “the other.” I recall … Continue reading
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“It is better to know nothing than to know what ain’t so,” is a bit of folk wisdom from Josh Billings that could be the official motto of our times. The El Paso shooter’s manifesto, for example, echoed Trump with … Continue reading
In 1970, W. H. Auden published his commonplace book, “A Certain World.” Until then I’d never heard the phrase. It turns out it’s a notebook where you jot down things you read or hear that are worth remembering, and is … Continue reading