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June 19, 2008
Celebrating Juneteenth and Loving Day: freedom marches on.
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May 24, 2008
So here are some manifestos of the present day on books, education, faith, and civic life. Though their weight for good or ill, for much or little, is as yet unknown, these are some of the words that will shepherd us into our shared future.
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April 8, 2008
Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.
— Listen to the whole testimony: A God Who Remembers by Elie Wiesel for This I Believe
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April 3, 2008
April 7th, 1968:
“You can’t have it here,” the man snapped at my father as we walked toward his study at the church on Sunday morning. “This is our church, and you cannot have it here. This ain’t your church, Vernon, this is our church. And I am telling you right now, you ain’t having no […]
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February 18, 2008
I wonder if Barak has read Condi’s book?
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February 12, 2008
The weekend of Earth Day, 2007, marked the grand opening of the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center. The building, on the Leopold family land in sandy Sauk County, Wisconsin, is a marvel of “green” building, LEED Platinum level certified, more than carbon neutral, and actually producing more energy than it consumes! The day’s agenda included […]
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December 28, 2007
Kenneth Jackson, writing in the New York Times, commemorates the 350th anniversary of the Flushing Remonstrance, written in 1657 by Edward Hart and his fellow Flushing, New York, citizens to protest the public torture of a Quaker preacher and the fining and imprisonment of non-Quakers who allowed them to meet in their homes. Jackson notes […]
