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It’s Time to Speak Out!
The New York Daily News has beaten me to it. For two days I have been wracking my brain for an appropriate statement from Hitler’s Germany to compare to Donald Trump’s demagoguery about Muslims. Today the cover of the Daily … Continue reading
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Tagged demagoguery, Donald Trump, Martin Niemoller, the least of these
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Talking to “my Ladies”
I parked the car, looked around, and got out, grateful that I had found a parking place in front of the house. I put the Social Research Center sign in the windshield as instructed, locked my purse in the trunk, … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Cities
This is the story of two cities, one on the eastern coast of America, the other on the southern coast of Italy. It is also the story of two celebrations, one mostly self-serving, one full of hospitality. And it is … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, immigrants, Super Bowl, the least of these
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