Anthony B. Robinson was the Senior Minister of Plymouth Church in downtown Seattle from 1990 to 2004. He was also a member of the Plymouth Housing Group Board. After living for many years in southeast
Schools do a very good job with many kids who come prepared to learn. Does the big money behind education reform focus on schools' problems to the point of ignoring the societal issues of poverty that lie behind many of the challenges for schools?
Seattle likes to encourage its young people with unstinting praise. A Stanford psychologist's work suggests that we aren't encouraging young people that way.
The burdens on Egypt's young and poor are similar to what we are seeing in our country. As in the restive Arab lands, youth unemployment is running at high levels in the U.S. and Europe.
You can expect some preaching in the State of the Union, but there are some pitfalls along with the pluses for a speaker of the president's skill.
It was 50 years ago that he called Americans to service.
