Cancel Culture: In the Eye of the Beholder

02.28.2021 ________________________________________ “It is certain, in any case” James Baldwin said, “that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious Continue reading →

The Challenge of Vaccination in America: 1721 – 2021

02.14.2021 ________________________________________ For months, as COVID-19 spread virtually unchallenged across the American prospect – death count climbing to over 475,000 Continue reading →

‘The Hill We Climb, If Only We Dare’

01.24.2021 ________________________________________ “To heal, we must remember,” President-elect Joe Biden said on Inauguration Eve as he convened the first national Continue reading →

A Fourth Estate More Important Far Than They All

12.27.2020 ________________________________________ “Remember,” I was recently cautioned, “it’s a holiday weekend – write less about darkness, more about light.” I’ll Continue reading →

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 →

“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 →

Trust in God – And Tie Up Your Camel

10.25.2020 ________________________________________ It’s crunch time. With barely more than a week remaining to the 2020 presidential election America is moving Continue reading →