America: Demand the Right to Dignity and a Decent Life

12.13.2020 ________________________________________ Not long ago a seacoast resident, dismissing the plight of the poor and vulnerable, wrote “ … there Continue reading →

America’s Challenge: Distinguishing What’s True From What’s False

11.06.2020 ________________________________________ “If we do not have the capacity to distinguish what’s true from what’s false,” former president Barack Obama Continue reading →

Thanksgiving: Finding Grace and Gratitude in Fitra

11.26.2020 ________________________________________ This Thanksgiving week I participated in an interfaith service. Each of the participants was asked to speak on Continue reading →

“A Vote, a Vote, My Kingdom for a Vote!”

11.22.2020 ________________________________________ “A Vote, a Vote, My Kingdom for a Vote!” In Shakespeare’s Richard III, the king, after losing his Continue reading →

Pity the Nation That Deems the Glittering Conqueror Bountiful

11.15.2020 ________________________________________ “Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion,” Lebanese-American Kahlil Gibran wrote in 1933 Continue reading →

Embrace Hope: Live in a World of Trust

11.08.2020 ________________________________________ On Tuesday I wrote an Election Day Letter to my granddaughter, telling her: “I want you to live Continue reading →

Election Day 2020: Letter to My Granddaughter

11.03.2020 ________________________________________ Good morning, my little one – I’m up early because it’s Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, 2020, and I need Continue reading →

Wassup America! Stand Up and Vote Against Racism

11.01.2020 ________________________________________ On Nov. 11, 2016, Professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr., chair of Princeton University’s Department of African-American Studies, appeared Continue reading →