Friday, December 15, 2017

"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
             
        Albert Camus
"There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as somehow unworthy of a civilized society."
             US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

Followup Thoughts to Our Argument Essays

"As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for those convicted of capital offenses... An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation."
                    Coretta Scott King

More reading at The Nation magazine:
https://www.thenation.com/article/coretta-scott-king-death-penalty-abolitionist/

Friday, December 1, 2017

What to Write

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
   
              Benjamin Franklin