Black Life Matters
Black people clearly need to matter much more in America. What is not so clear is how to bring about changed attitudes. Also unclear are the structural changes needed to bring about the desired result. Is the liberal/Marxist organization, Black Lives Matter, so...
God
I was mildly stunned recently when I read about a Christian lawyer who argued that we should not wear masks to protect against COVID-19. His reasoning? We are made in God’s image and he doesn’t wear a mask. Apparently it didn’t occur to him that God has zero risk of...
U.N. Flag
A week ago I planted a small United Nations flag in my front yard. I debated with myself for several days before I finally worked up the nerve to put it there. Would it offend the neighbors? Would they throw rocks through my windows? Let me take a step back and...
Mandarin Style
“The Mandarin style…is beloved by literary pundits, by those who would make the written word as unlike as possible to the spoken one. It is the style of those writers whose tendency is to make their language convey more than they mean or more than they feel, it is the style of most artists and all humbugs.” – Cyril Connolly
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