The New York Times By John McWhorter — June 22, 2023 Reparations Should Be an End, Not a Beginning For a long while, reparations for Black Americans has been more a debate topic than a reality. But of late, the reality may be catching up with the debate. Since last year, Evanston, Ill., has been … Continue reading Reparations, Housing & Class: an intriguing Idea
News Update: Debt ceiling “negotiations” continue . . . And Rep. George Santos Keeps Working With His Mentor . . . . A preview of the campaign strategy . . . Speaking of George Santos, he was carefully accessorized when he arrived at his office on Tuesday. But when arrested shortly after, the AR-15 … Continue reading Cartoons & The Latest Bad/Good Southern Baptist News
According to some of what I read and hear these days, I definitely should not have written this story, about a young slave girl and the Quaker saint John Woolman. Why not? Mostly because of what I wasn’t: I wasn’t a girl (& never had been); wasn’t a slave (or even an enslaver, for that … Continue reading A Story. Could I get it published in Florida this year? Probably not. Maybe Not New York Either?
[NOTE: This is the substance of a message offered at Spring Friends Meeting this morning, March 5 2023.] “[T ]he one thing about Jesus that can be known with certainty,” wrote the late New Testament scholar William Herzog II, “was that he was executed as an enemy of the state and the Temple.” Yes. We’re … Continue reading Bible Study: Two Subversive Parables
It doesn’t seem there’s any way around it: so far, 2023 is a Big Bust as far as editorial cartoons go. We now have proof of that, at least in the form that counts for the educated classes, a statement by an elite college professor,