Witnessing is an important human activity and responsibility. Sometimes witnessing is a planned activity, like attending or watching and listening to a concert, play, movie, sporting event or a church worship service and then reporting (orally or in writing) what happened to others. Witnessing sometimes, however, is not planned beforehand when you observe something happening … Continue reading Witnessing
At the May 1, 2022 memorial service for Walter Mondale, Rev. Dr. Timothy Hart-Andersen, the Senior Pastor at Mondale’s Minneapolis church, Westminster Presbyterian, delivered the following prayer and Meditation. Prayer “Let us pray:” “Gracious God, we gather in this Easter season to give you thanks and praise for the life and witness of Walter F. … Continue reading Prayer and Meditation for Walter Mondale by Rev. Dr. Timothy Hart-Andersen
As of 5/4/20 # Date Title 2 04/04/11 My Political Philosophy U.S. Presidency 420 04/24/13 Evaluations of President Obama 467 02/07/14 President Obama Speaks Out for Religious Freedom 467A 02/07/14 Comment: President Obama Criticized for Not Addressing U.S. Religious Freedom 485 03/27/14 President Obama’s Audience with Pope Francis 829 05/11/16 President … Continue reading List of Posts to dwkcommentaries—Topical: United States (POLITICS)
On August 18, 2019, the Sunday New York Times commemorated the arrival of the first slaves in what became in the Colony of Virginia with its Sunday Magazine totally devoted to slavery in the U.S. (“The 1619 Project”). [1] The Project “aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing … Continue reading “The 1619 Project” Commemorates the Arrival of Slavery in the U.S.
The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), based in Montgomery, Alabama, is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. This work continued in 2016. It “won relief for nearly a dozen condemned … Continue reading Important Criminal Justice Work Continued by Equal Justice Initiative
President Obama’s commencement address at Howard University was examined in a prior post. The key points in Obama’s speech for this evaluation are the following: “Be confident in your heritage. Be confident in your blackness.” African Americans have a “particular awareness of injustice and unfairness and struggle. That means we cannot sleepwalk through life. We … Continue reading Evaluating Bryan Stevenson Through the Prism of President Obama’s Howard University Speech
On August 16 the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) of Montgomery Alabama announced plans for two projects honoring victims of U.S. racial lynchings and injustice.[1] One is the Memorial for Peace and Justice to honor the over 4,000 black victims of lynchings that will sit on six acres, the highest spot in Montgomery, the first capital … Continue reading Honoring Victims of Racial Lynchings and Injustice
Now based in Montgomery, Alabama, Bryan Stevenson is conducting amazing advocacy for racial justice in many different ways: as an attorney for individuals who have been victimized by the U.S. criminal justice system; as the founder of a non-profit human rights organization (the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)) devoted to those causes; as an author … Continue reading Bryan Stevenson’s Amazing Advocacy for Justice
Number Date Title 934 01/01/17 Report for dwkcommentaries–2016 935 01/02/17 More Reasons To Believe There Is a Dim Future for U.S.-Cuba Normalization 936 01/05/17 Secretary of State John Kerry’s Review of His Stewardship of U.S. Foreign Policy Regarding Cuba 937 01/06/17 U.S. Secretaries of Commerce and Treasury Comment on Developments Regarding Cuba 938 … Continue reading List of Posts to dwkcommentaries–Chronological (2017)
# Date Title 785 01/01/16 Report on dwkcommentaries–2015 786 01/01/16 Pope Francis’ Message for World Peace 787 01/03/16 Book Group Tackles Norman Maclean’s “The River Runs Through It” 415A 01/04/16 Comment: New Quarters for Hennepin County Jury Assembly Room 788 01/04/16 Thoughts About “The River Runs Through It” 777B 01/06/16 Comment: NPR Commends Minnesota … Continue reading List of Posts to dwkcommentaries–Chronological (2016)
