Mandela’s greatest gift
Each of us will remember Nelson Mandela, who died today at age 95, in our own way. Powerful for me is the memory of Mandela’s almost incomprehensible forgiveness – his setting-aside of violence in...
View ArticleTo close America’s 4th of July weekend, reviewing un cri de coeur démocratique
Amid this weekend’s reminiscences of the birth of the United States, I found much to ponder in one reading – not in English, but rather in French. Entitled La démocratie dan les bras de Big Brother –...
View ArticleFlashback to pre-Iowa 2008: “Why this IntLawGrrl’s for Obama for President”
With the President delivering his final State of the Union address as I write these lines, I couldn’t help but have a look at my own very early endorsement of and pledge to work for (as a member of his...
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