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Of inclusion and prosperity in a global community

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Bennett Minton

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 →

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Degrading our ‘City Upon a Hill’

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Bennett Minton

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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