Dispatches From Exile
"At the juncture of politics, history, theology, and the arts"Book Excerpt: The Debilitating Effect of Fact Denial
Fact denial is the motive engine of the Trumpist movement in the United States. Many people believe Mr. Trump's incessant lying manifests a character flaw, or perhaps mental illness. Others think it represents a strategy; that Trump is playing "4-D chess." There is...
Daily Defiance: Robert Kennedy – Ripples of Hope
It is a revolutionary world that we all live in; and thus, as I have said in Latin America and Asia and in Europe and in my own country, the United States, it is the young people who must take the lead. Thus you, and your young compatriots everywhere have had thrust...
Daily Defiance: John Lewis – Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble
Congressman John Lewis speaking at The Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center's Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture series in Oakland.
Daily Defiance: Give me Liberty!
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" Speech To...
Daily Defiance: Eleven Films – Midnight in Washington
You will not change him. You cannot constrain him.
President’s Day: You cannot shield yourselves too much…
George Washington, as first President, imagined his role to be that of an elected king, not in power but in responsibility. The traditional theoretical charge of the monarch was to rule the whole people with justice; to be the protector and father of the people. When...
Daily Defiance: The Declaration of Independence
From the HBO mini-series John Adams, the final act of declaring independence from Britain. Think about the courage inherent in pledging their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to go up against the world’s superpower. Then imagine how craven we would have to be to not...
Daily Defiance: Trial runs for fascism are in full flow
This is a must read. We are much farther along than you think. Fintan O'Toole: Trial runs for fascism are in full flow To grasp what is going on in the world right now, we need to reflect on two things. One is that we are in a phase of trial runs. The other is...