Louis Venters
Sep 3, 20236 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, 20192 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, 20192 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, 20183 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, 20182 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, 20184 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...
Louis Venters
Nov 27, 20172 min
Embracing the "Corridor of Shame"
The case was filed in 1993, when I was still in high school. Abbeville County School District v. State of South Carolina, brought by 39...
Louis Venters
Apr 8, 20175 min
Our Great and Fiery Tribulation
Apr. 8, 2017 Deflection. Deception. Disinformation. Disavowal. Duplicity. Sadly, these appear to be the new normal in the highest offices...
Louis Venters
Jan 30, 20173 min
What Is Happening in the United States?
As a Baha'i I attempt to adhere scrupulously to my faith's prohibition on involvement in partisan politics. To make a long story short, a...
Louis Venters
Nov 8, 20161 min
Until the Last Task Is Done
"America's achievement in government, commerce, industry, science, and culture staggers the imagination. No less staggering are the evils...
