By Ray Williams June 11, 2020 In 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, “I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective – the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the...
By Ray Williams June 4, 2020 The U.S. Constitution does not mention the Bible, God, Jesus or Christianity, and the First Amendment clarifies that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” Still, some scholars have argued that the...
By Ray Williams May 19, 2020 Part 1: The Rise of Authoritarianism and Decline of Democracy in America “ First they cam for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was...
By Ray Williams September18, 2020 The daily news about COVID-19 can be relentless. Couple that with isolation, financial worries, new family or home-schooling responsibilities, college-aged children making an unexpected return home and, in the...
By Ray Williams April 18, 2020 The recent and ongoing virus pandemic has exposed a serious flaw in American democracy—virulent anti-intellectualism and a war against expert. This anti-expert, anti-intellectualism has a long history in America, which...
By Ray Williams December 19, 2019 The spread of the COVID-19 virus threatens our physical and mental health. Many people have never directly experienced WWII, or a natural disaster, or have not encountered the scene of empty streets and grocery store shelves and...
