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‘Ghosts of Mississippi’ haunt Minnesota
It appears that because we all learned the first few sentences of the Declaration of Independence, some of us think the Trump era is an aberration. We are living through a period in which the Confederate separatists are ascendant. The … Continue reading
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Of inclusion and prosperity in a global community
Last week I attended commencement exercises at a prestigious university in the nation’s most diverse and creative city. The standard of living between rich and poor is nowhere greater than in New York, and the opportunities for graduates of Columbia … Continue reading
Degrading our ‘City Upon a Hill’
The phrase “American Exceptionalism” always irritated me, as it was about waving the flag while ignoring a history that, checkered like most countries, began with slavery, our original sin, and continued with Manifest Destiny, the doctrinal foundation for a genocide. … Continue reading
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