Apr 27, 2009
I spend a good part of my time traveling the country speaking to young people at schools and colleges. I love the smart questions, the fire and the passion of these young people and the dedication of their teachers. Speaking to thousands of people each year, I get a...Jan 19, 2009
“Give us tears…give us anger…” Bishop Gene Robinson delivered the invocation at the kickoff event for Obama’s inauguration. I am thankful for his words, which I am committing to memory. I want to quote the entire text of his invocation:...Oct 27, 2008
I put the wrong link to my speech from the DNC Interfaith Gathering in my earlier post. I’ve corrected it in that post, and here it is once more.Nov 10, 2006
I can’t quite take in the good news of the mid-term elections. Can’t quite believe that at last we have voted out of Congress the Republican extremists and have taken a decisive step to halt the Bush Administration’s “preemptive” war strategy in Iraq, which has...Sep 15, 2006
The last post I wrote was a clarification about the ad that ran in the New York Times on August 3. If you haven’t read it yet, please look at it. This post will make a lot more sense to you then, and keep me from having to rehash it. Suffice it to say, the next time I...Aug 11, 2006
Recently my name appeared on a New York Times ad urging citizens to call for the removal of George W. Bush from office. The reasons cited are many, among them: his reckless pursuit of war in Iraq, which has helped to destabilize the entire middle East his approval of...