Louis Venters
- Sep 3, 2023
- 6 min
Race, Place, History, and Progress in SC's Baha'i Community
This is a bit late in coming as a blog post, but the sentiments are as fresh as they were last May. That's when I first heard that my...
Louis Venters
- Dec 5, 2019
- 2 min
"Be Trustworthy among His Servants": Timely Advice to the World's Parliaments
These days, when policy questions of epochal magnitude face governments everywhere and the constitutional order in a number of countries...
Louis Venters
- Oct 8, 2019
- 2 min
"Bind Ye the Broken with the Hands of Justice"
A couple of weeks ago at an interesting forum hosted by the SC Human Affairs Commission and the SC Collaborative for Race and...
Louis Venters
- Nov 6, 2018
- 3 min
White Americans, Whither the Country?
As a Baha'i, I consider voting in civil elections to be a sacred duty, one part of a life of service aimed at fostering justice, peace,...
Louis Venters
- Sep 19, 2018
- 2 min
#MeToo--and So Should You
Although I've been watching and listening and learning intently, I haven't said much publicly about the #metoo movement--in part because...
Louis Venters
- Apr 27, 2018
- 4 min
Claiming My Freedom to Move--and Improve
Freedom of movement on one’s own two feet is a fundamental human right. It was so basic to English common law that the Founders didn’t...