Traumatized Heroes
Living with wrongdoing
Hope for the future is only possible if we choose peace by stopping the killing and resist the temptation of avenging heroism....
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Learning Baltimore
A student asked me whether I had arranged the Baltimore riots to take place now, at the end of our semester. The news out of Baltimore too perfectly illustrates so much of the history I teach. I suspect I am not alone in this odd feeling of validation -- at ...
Why Obama is Responsible for the Debacle of his Presidency
Recognizing that there is a deep personal or individual aspect to Obama’s failure to seize the opportunity offered him in 2008 is a prerequisite for moving on. Without that recognition, we will remain trapped in the faux-progressive sludge of the Obama era, which tells us how hard it is to ...
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