Category: Activism

The current crop of race riots will not make ordinary Americans more sympathetic to the plight of American blacks

The current crop of Michael Brown and Eric Garner themed protests apparently have as one of their goals educating white Americans about the horrors of racism in America.  (I say as one of their goals, since their primary goals seem to be twofold:  the rapture of riot and the opportunity for looting.)  I  strongly believe

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Political violence: from whence does it emanate

“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” – President Barack Hussein Obama I posted this as a comment to Book’s previous post, but have now posted it independently as a challenge to all of us Bookworm salon aficionados. Here’s the premise: virtually all the political violence

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