I feel the drums coming well before I see them. The tinny sound of snares crawls up the back of my neck like a spider. Then the deep pounding of synchronized bass drums — dozens of them — warms my innards like a shot of my favorite Scotch. I half expect the beating of my heart to fall into rhythm with this procession of drums heading for Plaza Mayor, where I’m one of thousands of people massed to see, hear and feel them. Read More...
A young man came to the Rev. George Mason, wanting to talk about his parents’ wedding.
The youth, of course, hadn’t been at the wedding. But Mason had, and he remembered it well. Some 800 or 900 people. Pillars of the community. One of the largest weddings in the history of Wilshire Baptist Church.
“You performed the wedding of my parents in this church,” the young man said to Mason. “If I fall in love and want to get married, my question is, will my church community support me? Read More...
Update: A professor who studies race and ethnic conflict responds to this map.
When two Swedish economists set out to examine whether economic freedom made people any more or less racist, they knew how they would gauge economic freedom, but they needed to find a way to measure a country's level of racial tolerance. So they turned to something called the World Values Survey, which has been measuring global attitudes and opinions for decades. Read More...
