Category Archives: Race

On the American Taliban

I know the clip below from HBO’s “The Newsroom” is at least five minutes longer than any network would really permit a talking head to have to voice an opinion on the air. I know Jeff Daniels’ character–a Republican pundit … Continue reading

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Video: Why UU’s Care About Immigration

This is the first of two new videos I have produced and posted to my church’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/mvuuf). As always, this was done with the invaluable assistance of photog maestro Darrell Eager. In this short segment, MVUUF Minister David … Continue reading

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Cleansing Twain

Yesterday in a Facebook exchange with a friendly acquaintance, Cassaundra Adler, I got caught up in a discussion about what it means that a publisher has sanitized Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”–perhaps the single most important American novel … Continue reading

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