Too much grief. Too much hate. The killing of Alton Sterling, the killing of Philando Castile, the police ambush in Dallas ... these ongoing tragedies make clear that our nation is diseased. The disease…
Four years ago I created this video presentation for a commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death, held here in Brookings, SD. I thought it worth sharing again today, in remembrance of MLK's profound work…
Today I submitted the following (with some revisions per newspaper guidelines) to the Brookings Register (South Dakota) and the Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota). A friend also hopes to read a version of it…
The other day I was talking on the phone with my friend Ethel, separated from her by nearly 800 miles. She's no ordinary friend. I first met her and her husband Roy back in the…