June 12, 2020

The coming schism

On June 16, 1858, 162 years ago next week, President Lincoln gave his famous "A House Divided" speech after his Republican nomination for the Senate. We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with the...

June 5, 2020

The racism rhetoric out there could use a reality check

A black man toils in a field under the sweltering sun.  He is a slave in every sense of the word: he was taken by force from his family and forced into a life of hard physical labor for no pay.  He is given little food and even less water. ...