The U.S. Has a Police Idolatry Issue

The U.S. Has a Police Idolatry Issue

One out of every three people killed by police in the United States since 2015 were fleeing. In case you missed it, The Guardian published an article on July 28 with that statistic that you should read, ponder and share widely. “In the past seven years, police in...
The Time for Pious Words is Over

The Time for Pious Words is Over

At the end of each message sent from my personal email account is a quote from South African liberation theologian Allan Boesak that I have appropriated for the title of this column. Boesak’s statement, “The Time for Pious Words is Over,” is part of the title of...
The Debt America Refuses to Pay: Part 2

The Debt America Refuses to Pay: Part 2

The formerly enslaved population of the U.S. was given no land, no property, no money. They received no restitution for deprivations they had been forced to endure under the “rule of law” – neither have their more than 30 million descendants. The nation that...