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
- Aug 31, 2018
- 2 min
"At War with Ourselves"
In recent days the sitting governors of South Carolina and Florida have each referred to their political opponents as animals. It is no...
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...
Louis Venters
- Nov 27, 2017
- 2 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, 2017
- 5 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, 2017
- 3 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, 2016
- 1 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...
