Thabiti has very graciously continued our conversation, and so I refer you to his latest, which is here. I have written most of my response, but will probably not be able to finish it until the morning. It has been kind of a circus maximus day, and so thanks for your patience.
Love Is Never Later
Thabiti’s most recent post is really very good. I want to begin by mentioning again how pleased I am to able to discuss this issue with him, and in this way. Not only am I pleased with his charitable disposition, and his fair-mindedness in understanding views that are not his own, I am also excited …
Patrick “Nostradamus” Henry
I know that some of you all have been following this, but in case you haven’t, let me try to bring you up to speed. Last week Bryan Loritts posted on my book Black & Tan, and you can read him here. In the course of responding to my book, he also associated me with …
With a Bit of Menthol
As everyone knows by now, one of my very favorite activities is defending myself against charges of racism and/or racial insensitivity on the Internet. I have decided that this will be periodically necessary, at least until I die, but I attribute this more to cosmic forces than to any nefarious plot on the part of …
The Rogue Elephant Room
Here is a loose collection of thoughts about the Elephant Room imbroglio. I don’t pretend to comment as an insider at all, but I can say that my perspective and sympathies are basically the same as Justin Taylor’s. If anybody wants what I consider to be a fair and judicious take on the whole thing, …