The Fruit Of the Righteous Is A Tree Of Life

11.04.2018 ________________________________________ On July 2, 2016, Donald Trump tweeted a picture of Hillary Clinton as the “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!” Continue reading →

Beware the Pirates of Intellect

10.28.2018 ________________________________________ The Camp of the Saints, a 1973 racist novel by Frenchman Jean Raspail that purports to depict the Continue reading →

Violence. Values. Voting: With Whom Do You Stand?

10.21.2018 ________________________________________ In 1963, in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, “We will have Continue reading →

Today, Stand With and Celebrate Jamal Khashoggi

10.14.2018 ________________________________________  I’ve known Jamal Khashoggi since the 1980s when I met him in Jeddah and he worked for the Continue reading →

“Robert Azzi’s efforts … make him 1st Amendment honoree”

10.13.2018 ________________________________________ I’m humbled and honored to have been selected for the award described below. Thank you to all of Continue reading →

Trump: Bad For The World, Bad For Us

09.30.2018 ________________________________________  Donald Trump was elected, he believes, to end “this American carnage,” “drain the swamp,” and “build a wall.” Continue reading →

American Privilege: White Men Running Amok

09.23.2018 ________________________________________ When privileged white men run amok no one is safe, safe from a president, a judge, a senator, Continue reading →

Mahmoud Darwish: A Person Can Only Be Born in One Place

09.16.2018 ________________________________________  ”I see no other way than to begin now to speak about sharing the land that has thrust Continue reading →