I'm Angry At What's Happening To America

Although I Was Brought Up In A Culturally And Religious Conservative Culture, As A Baptist I Was Taught That No One Has The Right To Subpoena Your Conscience.

We Have To Face The Unpleasant As Well As The Affirmative Side Of The Human Story, Including Our Own Story As A Nation, Our Own Stories Of Our Peoples. We Have Got To Have The Ugly Facts In Order To Protect Us From The Official View Of Reality. Otherwise, We Are Squeezed Empty And Filled With What Other People Want Us To Think And Feel And Experience.

Democracy May Not Prove In The Long Run To Be As Efficient As Other Forms Of Government, But It Has One Saving Grace: It Allows Us To Know And Say That It Isn't.

When I Was Growing Up, I Never Heard Anyone Pray, "give Me This Day My Daily Bread." It Was Always, "give Us This Day Our Daily Bread." That Stuck. We're All In This Together.

I Have Seen Hate Born Of Fear, Hate Speaking In The Name Of God And Truth, Hate Holding Up A Distorting Mirror To Fellow Human Beings.