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Bittersweet

There were many events yesterday to commemorate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. I attended one of those gatherings, which focused on King’s broader political advocacy highlighted by his 1967 anti-war speech, “Beyond Vietnam - A Time To Break The Silence”. Readings from Charles Marsh’s new book, Wayward Christian Soldiers, were juxtaposed [...]

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Nobel laureate James Watson’s racially biased remarks, which he made during an interview he gave to the Sunday Times in London Oct 14th, while shocking, inflammatory, and scientifically unsubstantiated are disappointing but not altogether surprising. Prejudice, it seems, is not daunted by intelligence or factual data. The famed biologist’s comments underscore an [...]

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