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DADDIES KING

Posted on January 27, 2026 by mdbwell

In 1978, after graduating from Wesleyan University with a bachelor degree in government (with many electives in English and religion), and resigning from my job as a teller at Connecticut Bank and Trust in Middletown, Connecticut, I whimsically decided to … Continue reading →

Tagged A. D. King, Albert Williams King, bible, Christianity, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Daddy King, faith, history, Martin Luther King Jr., nonviolence, W. Christine King Farris | Leave a comment

THE “USEFULNESS” OF MLK, JR.

Posted on April 4, 2018 by mdbwell

On April 4, 1968, I was grounded for some reason that now escapes me—probably because of paternal capriciousness rather than childhood petulance. I recall a few days earlier that I overheard my father opine that Martin Luther King, Jr., would … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Ethics | Tagged 1960s, 50th anniversary, April 4 1968, assassination, Black Lives Matter, Boston University, Christianity, Ebenezer Baptist Church, ethic of love, human dignity and worth, Jesus, justice, March for Our Lives, Martin Luther King Jr., materialism, Me Too, Memphis, militarism, Poverty, Pres. Kennedy, Racism, social movements, Voter Suppression | Leave a comment

OBAMA AT THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST

Posted on February 6, 2015 by mdbwell

All the negative hoopla about President Barack Obama’s remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, February 5, 2015, should stop. First of all, it was a brief reference to the Crusades and the Inquisition, to which Obama alluded in … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Ethics | Tagged beheading, Christianity, evil, Humility, Isis, Islam, morality, Obama, prayer breakfast, pundits, torture | Leave a comment

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