Tag: justice

  • When ‘Live and Let Live’ Became ‘My Way or the Highway’

    I believe that kindness remains an overall value of American life. When we participate equally in the American dream, we are able to fight apathy with empathy. It is a value bigger than ourselves, deeply ingrained in our way of life. Foreigners often comment, with varying degrees of discomfort, that Americans tend to smile and…

  • Justice Can Only be Served if it Feeds All

        When Americans talk about justice, we refer to a system where all are presumed innocent until proven guilty. It is a system that, in its only true form, serves everyone equally. When we start making exceptions to that rule, justice becomes a myth. Our criminal justice system has been a patchwork of laws…