“The recollection of an injury is itself wrong. It adds to anger, nurtures our sins and hates what is good. It is a rusty arrow, and poison for the soul. It puts all virtue to flight.”—St Francis of Paola (1507)
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He's wrong. There's a good point somewhere under that verbiage, but the wrong point is much more obvious, and sits right on the surface.
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So true, and such a challenge, as is the call to love our enemies.
Yet that's all that is asked of us, and it is so much.
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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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