KPKeith Porter

1. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Keith Porter

   LTE | Keith Porter: Bend the Arc (opens the original)

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   I believe what Martin Luther King said about the arc of the moral universe; it bends toward justice. But the path in America has been anything but straight forward. Formerly enslaved people were ignored, then counted as partial persons, then given voting rights, then regularly prevented from voting, and today still face life-altering discriminatory challenges. Women in our country were chattel, then gained the vote, but still don’t fully control their personal reproductive rights. Immigrants, es

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2. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Keith Porter

   LTE | Keith Porter: Are We Better Than That? (opens the original)

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   I squirm a bit when politicians end a speech with “God bless America.” It seems hypocritical to me to declare that we as a nation are blessed when so many of our collective actions diverge from good will or common sense. If we are blessed as “the shining city on the hill,” should we be bombing Iran? Should we be abandoning efforts to build sustainable energy sources? Should we be manipulating political boundaries to grant one party an electoral advantage? Shouldn’t we be finding a path to citize

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