A View from the Fence

So, the above meme was posted on Facebook by a friend of mine. My first reaction to it was, That makes no sense. Why would a black man be co...

 I don't remember getting from the wheelchair to the operating table. I do remember that there was a gurney involved, because I remember...

Commonweal March 2020 by David Bentley Hart Persons of a reflective bent all too often underestimate the enormous strength that truly abysma...

 

  Extremely dangerous how "grooming" in the context of child sexual abuse went from being a very specific pattern of isolation and...

  “In my work with the defendants (at the Nuremberg Trails 1945-1949) I was searching for the nature of evil and I now think I have come clo...

  Dear Republicans: We Tried Your Way and It Does Not Work   Their "Reaganism" sales pitch was effective, and we’ve now had 42 yea...