At the 1963 March on Washington, standing at the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. emphasized the stark choice before the American people. “It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment,” King said. … Continue Reading
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Leon Vonguyen, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service Military parades in Moscow, Beijing, and Pyongyang evoke a range of negative emotions to many Americans, and rightfully so. Dismay, fear, despair, disgust. But we also… Continue Reading
Photo by John D. Whiting, American Colony in Jerusalem, 1938, Library of Congress לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל-דַּם רֵעֶךָ: אֲנִי, יְהוָה Do not stand idly by when your neighbor’s blood is shed. Leviticus, 19:16 On this terrible anniversary, we remember… Continue Reading
Sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received the Nobel Prize for Peace. In his Nobel Lecture, delivered on December 11, 1964, Dr. King spoke about the presidential election in the United States in which Democratic candidate… Continue Reading
Today, August 28 2024, we remember the 1963 March on Washington, at the time the largest mass demonstration in U.S. history, described by co-organizers A. Phillip Randolph and Bayard Rustin as ” the advanced guard of a massive, moral… Continue Reading
Like all of us, I have been reeling in the wake of recent events in the political life of our nation. For clarity in the midst of the chaos around us, I often turn to the outstanding blog published… Continue Reading
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Sarajevo, five minutes before their assassination, 28 June 1914. Photo, Walter Tausch, Wikimedia Commons. I am in London visiting my dear friends Michael and Mary Pat Robertson I planned this trip months… Continue Reading
As we conclude our celebration of Juneteenth 2024, we remember especially Rev. James M. Lawson (September 22, 1928 to June 10, 2024) was perhaps the most important and influential teacher and strategist of Gandhian nonviolence after Mahatma Gandhi… Continue Reading
Martin Luther King, Jr., 26 March 1964. Photo by Marion S. Trikosko, Library of Congress, Wikimedia Commons Had he lived, Dr. King would have been 95 years old today — January 15, 2024. Imagine Dr. King at 95. … Continue Reading
Martin Luther King, Jr., Library of Congress, Creative Commons On December 24, 1967—the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a prophetic Christmas sermon from the pulpit of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Delivered more than a half-century… Continue Reading
