In praise of Erasmus, who died July 12, 1536: "How can you say the Our Father if you plunge steel into the guts of your brother? Christ compared himself to a hen; Christians behave like hawks. Christ was a shepherd of sheep: Christians tear each other like wolves."
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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