by Starlette Thomas | Jul 29, 2020 | Opinion
“Who am I really?” I first asked this question as an undergraduate student at Buffalo State College. It is not an unusual question or an unusual time to pose it. Away from family members and all things familiar, now was the time to find out who I was. Who was I when...
by Keith Herron | May 11, 2020 | Opinion
The ancients knew about the power of identity, the power of one knowing who they were, and the power of the self. Without having a science called psychology to describe their inner world, they were still able to identify and claim a sense of themselves in such a way...
by Starlette Thomas | Feb 1, 2019 | Opinion
Journalist Tom Brokaw was called out on comments he made on a recent episode of “Meet the Press,” where he suggested that Hispanics were not doing enough to assimilate. He has since apologized, but the conversations continue online, on buses and in taxis, at...
by Simon Barrow | Jul 5, 2016 | Opinion
What is the relationship between Christian identity on the one hand and national identity or affiliation on the other? Does God care which side of a border someone is born on? To what extent might identification with a particular people group or country be a barrier,...
by Stuart Blythe | Nov 11, 2015 | Opinion
Definitions can kill a thing. Yet, it can take more than a sign (such as a name), but some shared understanding of what that sign signifies, to allow for a discussion that goes beyond the surface. A surface (thin) conversation may be a necessary starting point but if...
