
The Tyranny of Merit – Book Review
I’ve been posting book reviews on the themes of egalitarianism, common good, and restorative justice since 2014. Click on the … Continue reading The Tyranny of Merit – Book Review
I’ve been posting book reviews on the themes of egalitarianism, common good, and restorative justice since 2014. Click on the … Continue reading The Tyranny of Merit – Book Review
If you caught the final presidential debate, you heard Donald Trump describe himself as “the least racist person in the … Continue reading How To Be an Antiracist – Book Review
Like millions of Americans, I watched the Democratic and Republican National Conventions as they ran on consecutive weeks in August. … Continue reading Restorative Justice – No Need to Politicize It
This is the third and final post in a series on the Rev. Dr. Peter Steinke’s work. Click on links … Continue reading Peter Steinke’s Uproar
Jorge Castañeda’s new book, America Through Foreign Eyes (Oxford, 2020), invites readers to consider the lore of American Exceptionalism. What … Continue reading The Lore of American Exceptionalism
It’s been a year since the mass shooting at the El Paso Walmart. The Austin American-Statesman published the following as an op-ed … Continue reading Words Create Worlds
What sad news to hear that Peter Steinke, esteemed pastor, writer and church leadership consultant passed away on July 13, … Continue reading The “TCA” Interview with Peter Steinke
This question – posed with the assumption that Trump had lived in pre-Civil War America – is much easier to … Continue reading Would President Trump Have Been a Slaveholder?
One-hundred years ago, economic and social inequalities dominated in America. The Gilded Age (1870-1900) of John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie … Continue reading Confederate Monuments and Inequality
With today’s (June 18, 2020) Supreme Court ruling denying the Trump administration’s desire to dismantle the Obama-era DACA policy, I’m … Continue reading DACA, Immigration Reform, and a just a little bit more Sarcasm