Violence at political rallies? Creating apparent threats? Very old stuff. I happened to read the other night descriptions of some rallies when the violence was real. In one, a Republican…
Publisher’s Note: The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut observed a ‘day of awareness’ of the Anglican Church’s complicity in and profit from the African slave trade. This homily by my friend…
Attentive walkers in Cambridge’s Mt. Auburn Cemetery will find surprises every few feet. Yesterday, we found the unremarkable monument in the accompanying picture. The epitaph it bears, however,…
The lilacs are in full bloom in Vermont. Their blue, white and purple bring joy to the eyes and sadness to the heart. A line I think…
On a filthy March afternoon, a group gathered at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge to look at the Cemetery’s restoration of monuments to Civil War dead. …
John Hay’s is one of those names from the late 19th century one recognises without quite knowing why. He deserves to be remembered. For he altered our national…
The death of Nelson Mandela on Dec. 5 brought reflections on the reconciliations he advanced in South Africa and on continents far away from Robben Island. Without…
Suppose your great grandfather ran a scheme like Bernie Madoff’s which brought low, among many, a former president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant and the Marine…
I don’t feel ambivalent about fossil fuel divestment. I feel torn. On the one hand, I’ve watched shareholder engagement work since 1979 when I was introduced to…
In 1871, 51-year-old former US Rep. Clement L. Vallandigham (D-OH) was in Lebanon, Ohio, to defend in a murder case. Vallandigham’s case depended on persuading the jury…
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