On Being An American

My son-in-law, an Englishman by birth, has held a green card for several years. This week he took the test and the oath and now he is an American.  This is a strange time for Americans, as the dominating force at the top is the most anti-American we have ever had to contend with. Even …

Privilege and Waking

Sometimes I feel like I am in one of those novels like FARENHEIT 451, where I am one of those proud citizens of one of the world’s best states–suddenly having to confront the evidences that it is not. Comes the waking, the gradually realizing that in fact it is one of the ugliest, most abusive, …