The View from This Seat

For several weeks, I have wanted to think with you about the impressive feats of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. It was 215 years ago ...

For all of my life since high school days until the present, I have considered myself a pacifist. Thus, I have always been at odds with the...

There are many, of whom I am one, who see a menacing movement toward fascism in this country. (See my 7/20 article “Is the Fear of Fascism...

One of my favorite places to visit in Washington, D.C., is the National Cathedral, and I have been there several times. Although I have som...

The Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon died a year ago, on August 8, 2018. This article honors the life and legacy of this outstanding black wo...

Wendell Berry, the inimitable farmer, who is also a novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, and cultural critic, is celebrating h...

Although perhaps he is now not widely known or remembered, this article is posted as a tribute to Ron Dellums, a man whom I long admired—an...