On the Problem with Mercy

A lovely and important gesture this week also speaks to the depth of our challenge

One of the most hateful human beings behind the terror facing immigrant families in the US this week is only a few months older than I am. I don’t usually dwell on age, but there’s something uncanny about knowing that a person who lived through the same times as you could come to such a different set of attitudes about them. This person ended up a white…