Finding a Voice
in an Age of Intolerance
Writers are people who presume to think they have something to say worth saying.
These days (and perhaps 'twas ever thus!), it's hard to find traditional
publication outlets for "op-ed" pieces on political and cultural issues.
So I'm making my own space here in which I can ruminate on such issues
from time to time. (Click on the commentary title links above and below if you're interested. You can
find print publication credits for my op-ed work by clicking on the "My Resume"
button below.)
I think it's especially important to have outlets for expressing minority
views in a time when "going against the flow" (AKA "dissent") has increasingly
come to be treated by the powers-that-be not as a time-honored
democratic tradition consistent with American history and values but
rather as some sort of treason. Having these pages on my web site is one way
that I can go on record as saying, "No!" to the suppression of thought.
Photo of an amaryllis in full flower
(© Peggy Whiteneck).
· "In a Violent World, Religion Is Not the Problem"
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· "'Average Americans' Need
Lessons in American Civics" ·
· "On Proudly Wearing the Scarlet 'L'"
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