by Andrew Padula

I have been preaching for some time now about the Republican parties door being open to all. The only metric for entry is that you believe in America and the opportunity that it provides for all who strive to achieve prosperity and liberty.
At the Lincoln Day Dinner I recently attended, the keynote speaker was a Black man who grew up in poverty on the streets of D.C. He was raised by his widowed mother who out of pride and self dignity worked minimum wage …

This post is one of many posted in this weekend’s blogging campaign encouraging all of us to remember that we can do better to get our points across than to use simplistic and hateful speech or resort to violence to get our points across. The cartoon of Judge Sotomayor and the murder of Dr. George Tiller brought the sad power of racist marginalization and dehumanizing rhetoric right up to our eyes where we cannot ignore it.

Let me be very clear about why I am offended by Chip Bok’s characterization of …