July 2, 2008

Speaking With Nonviolence

“In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action.”  –Martin Luther King, Jr.
What went wrong in South Carolina with the campaign to take down the Confederate flag is what’s most likely to go wrong in any nonviolent campaign.  The facts were [...]

July 2, 2008

Changing Our Inhospitable Environment

Why does our state government continue to fly the Confederate flag?!  It’s flying today, and it will be flying tomorrow.  We should take down the flag with H-3588 so that we can improve our environment and respect the dignity of all people.
Flying the Confederate flag defines our state and hinders our progress.
In Columbia, SC, we’re [...]