Without trying to be too presumptuous about the resolution of an ongoing story, I’m doing some personal reflection on the last few days. And hoping this blog post responds to some questions that have been raised. I am thankful for…
It may be too idealistic to believe that one day the U.S. will elect a pacifist as president or that Gen. Stanley McChrystal will be convicted by the wise words of Dispatch. Perhaps we will never see President Karzai, Abdullah…
In Crossing the Lines: A Novel, author Richard Doster enabled me to enter the world of Jack Hall, an idealistic white reporter based in the South during the late 1950s who struggled between his need to report the truth with…
Don’t you love it when someone tries to argue for one thing by distracting your attention to another? Consider the claims of Barclay’s CEO, John Varley. I mean, really now, while there may be a few diehards who would make…
As an urbanite fortunate to live within walking distance of work and trendy restaurants, I rarely drive these days. But running late to a pickup basketball game recently, I was low on gas and quickly pulled into the first station…
One reader wrote me to ask: ” “What effect will the Fort Hood shootings have on the American public’s perception of Islam?” That question asks us to be foretellers, fortune tellers, to predict. But The Shalom Center has had the holy…
In the wake of Tuesday’s elections where the Democrats lost governor’s races in New Jersey and in Virginia, some observers are advising President Obama to scale back his agenda. Health care and energy and education and banking reform and war…
The bearded, robed, and bespectacled keynote speaker at Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall on Tuesday made a wise first move. His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Christian World, began his speech by naming the elephant in the…
Most of the country probably didn’t notice. Unless you live in Virginia, New Jersey, a couple areas in New York, or maybe even Maine or Washington state, it’s quite possible you heard little about Tuesday’s elections. But to the chattering…
I don’t know about you, but I rarely, if ever travel the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. I’ve heard it’s a rough neighborhood — people get robbed, beaten and left for dead. But yesterday — somewhat out of necessity, and…
Wednesday afternoon I was part of a conversation with the authors of Deadly Viper (and Chris Huertz) and a number of Asian-American leaders. I am thankful that we were able to engage in a direct conversation over what has become a…
An update to an ongoing discussion with our Asian and Asian-American friends. We tried to apologize in some of our earlier messages delivered through texting, blogging and on the iPhone, but unfortunately those efforts were mixed in with some defensiveness on…
, author Richard Doster enabled me to enter the world of Jack Hall, an idealistic white reporter based in the South during the late 1950s who struggled between his need to report the truth with…
The bearded, robed, and bespectacled keynote speaker at Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall on Tuesday made a wise first move. His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Christian World, began his speech by naming the elephant in the…
