Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death reveals two things once more, that Americans know are true: America’s brokenness and (tacitly) the inadequacy of the United States Constitution. The latter, though it reminds us that neither the framers nor the document were perfect, has long since warranted reform. The former (America’s brokenness) is due, more to the…
In her excellent and justifiably best-selling book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in The Age of Colorblindness, (The New Press, NY 2012) Michelle Alexander argues and substantiates that “racism is highly adaptable” (p.21ff). Establishing that America has always had a system where the white race sought to control first the American Indians and then…
by Michael P. Friday Christians can be often heard to say, “Never mind, God is still in charge.” This comment is usually and especially uttered in a situation where there prevails a seemingly insurmountable wave of badness, crime, wickedness, or incredible abuse of power, or where person or persons, utilizing dishonesty, lawlessness or injustice,…
by Michael P. Friday I can do parallel thinking. After all, is not life lived in 7.1 surround sound, even when it’s not a cacophony of movements?! Parallel thinking is an extension of logical thinking, and is consistent thinking (although it might appear contradictory). My doctoral studies adviser used to say, “thinking is hard work;…