Readers’ Corner 0
If you have not read the autobiography of Frederick Douglass, do so now. I just did, for the first time I feel shame to say. Douglass was a fine writer and the book is short; you can read it in three hours or so. Be prepared for discomfort; words are not minced.
Do yourself an extra favor and skip the bloviating introductions by William Lloyd Garrison et al., which illustrate every pomposity of Victorian writing. Go right to Douglass’s narrative.
When you are done, you will have a better understanding of and historical context for today’s Republican Party and the “religious right.”
