How Much John Kerry Learned to Forget
John Kerry, Winter Soldier Hearing, 1971: The country doesn’t know it yet, but it has created a monster, a monster in the form of millions of men who have been taught to deal and to…
September 18, 2015
Maryville University Campus
A Pope (Opening Up the Imagination)
Given the visit this week of Pope Francis, I want to share a short chapter from my new novel, Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine. This chapter was originally written in 2010 during the pontificate of Benedict…
Wednesday 23 September 2015
Forest Park
Face to Face with Elie Wiesel
This short review was originally published in the bulletin of the Center for Ethics and Social Policy in Berkeley, April 1993. My book, Elie Wiesel and the Politics of Moral Leadership, was published in spring 2001….
Our Gifts to the World (A Very Partial List)
Please remember Victor Jara, In the Santiago Stadium, Es verdad – those Washington Bullets again —The Clash Washington Bullets (We’re still making the world safe for democracy) Washington Little Boy and Fat Man (We stand…
Viva Shmaltz!
One Bella Levenshteyn Eight hundred and seventy-five miles away Walking in Washington Square Park Remembers how we once walked and talked (How avidly, I might add, or exuberantly calmly We shmoozed and strolled) And in…
4500 block of Chouteau Avenue
photo by Andrew Wimmer, Sunday 8 April 2012
From Lubna
Lubna Alam, one of the inspirations for Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine, sent me this notecard the other day.
Share the Wealth with Megan Kinney–A Happy Lawyer: Not an Oxymoron
Mark asked a few months back if I would share why I love my work as a lawyer, particularly in a field where many lawyers don’t love their work. I am happy to be part…