On Sunday, September 20, I will stand with fellow citizens at a “Rally for Racial and Economic Justice.”
Some of my best friends are evangelicals.
I’ve been reading Plato’s “The Republic.” I needed a diversion from the “ship of fools.”
I thought for sure the Republicans would throw in the towel and forfeit the race. I was wrong.
America is on fire. The towers of freedom and justice have been struck.
It’s a marvel of human ingenuity.
On the way to the beach last week we passed Kitty Hawk. And that got me thinking of Eve.
[On vacation this week. I hope you enjoy this re-run from Oct. 6, 2019]
As you read this I’m at the beach in Avon, North Carolina. (Sorry. But somebody had to go!)
We have a statue of St. Francis in our flower garden. So far no one has attempted to topple it.
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