A Quote for Tuesday

Two of my favorite books-- full of insight and uncompromising honesty-- are Go Tell It On the Mountain and The Fire Next Time. Both were written by James Baldwin, easily one of the greatest American writers of the post-war generation. Here's a comment of his that I find easy to agree with, and wish more people recognized its value:

"I love America more than any other country
in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I
insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."