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
- Jan 31, 2018
- 1 min
READING LIST: Steven Hahn's "A Nation Without Borders"
This arrived in the mail yesterday, and after perusing the prologue just now, man oh man, am I looking forward to reading this! I...
Louis Venters
- Nov 1, 2017
- 1 min
Holiday Sale from University Press of Florida!
I'm pleased to share that my excellent publisher, the University Press of Florida, is again running a holiday sale on my book, No Jim...
Louis Venters
- Sep 27, 2017
- 1 min
How's This for a Patriotic Display?
Good gracious God! Looking for a quick and easy way to tell if NFL owners really care about black lives or are just in it for the money?...
Louis Venters
- Sep 13, 2017
- 4 min
Lynching in New Hampshire and the "Judgments of the Lord"
As a professor of American history, I am under no illusions that our country's racial problems are new. Little in the headlines since...
Louis Venters
- Jul 7, 2017
- 1 min
White Americans: There Are No Innocent Bystanders
My friend, a young African American man, was beaten up by police and arrested yesterday in the Charleston area after being stopped for...
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 25, 2016
- 1 min
The Origins of Thanksgiving: "To Heal the Wounds of the Nation"
It's really not about Pilgrims and Indians, y'all. Especially this year, with Natives from all over the continent suffering such...
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...
