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Act of Grace
The last time Elwin Wilson saw Congressman John Lewis was at the Rock Hill, South Carolina bus station in 1961. Lewis was a young civil rights protestor.  Wilson was the white bigot who beat him up. After decades of carrying the painful guilt, Wilson went to Washington to meet with the Georgia congressman. “I’m sorry for what happened, down there,”...
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February 6, 2009
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One for the Books
Remember the Seinfeld episode where Jerry’s contacted about late fees on an overdue library book – twenty years overdue? Well, this one’s not quite as bad, but the individual returning the books has a good excuse. California State University at Fresno Library Dean Peter McDonald reported that he got a call from U.S. Airways Captain Chesley Sullenberger “…almost immediately about the books he’d borrowed that were...
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February 4, 2009
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The Moment
The first time I became aware that the plane was in trouble I looked out the window and realized that the ground was coming up quickly. The oxygen masks dropped, and the pilot announced, “Yes, we want you all to put your oxygen masks on!” Flight attendants quickly went about helping passengers remain in their seats and put on their...
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February 2, 2009
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Has America Lost Its Moral Compass?
In September 2009, I posted a commentary with that title with the following opening . . . “During an awards ceremony, a Rap star takes...
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Who Are We?
In a Q&A session last month after a performance of the Broadway show Company, a woman in the audience was asked to put her mask...
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The United States vs. Donald Trump
If Attorney General Merrick Garland is looking for grounds for bringing criminal charges against Donald Trump and his allies in their attempts to overthrow the...
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“A Clear and Present Danger,” Judge J. Michael Luttig
The House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on January 6 is expected to hear testimony from three top Department of Justice officials...
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Dark Times: Past and Present – Conclusion
The third public hearing from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol should serve as a chilling wake-up call to...
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Dark Times: Past and Present – From McCarthy to Watergate
“The blacklist was a time of evil… [Looking] back on this time…it will do no good to search for villains or heroes or saints or...
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