Rick DeJesús-Rueff, Christian Science Monitor. October 7, 2009. Weighing and balancing perspectives with empathy is a better recipe for justice than "blindness," which can cause us to miss the glaring injustices of our legal system.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. July 14, 2009. If I didn't know better, I might think Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) has a preoccupation with issues related to race and ethnicity.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. July 14, 2009. Sotomayor will be confirmed. But the drama stirred up by Republicans reveals some interesting things about race in the age of Obama.
Doug Kendall, Huffington Post AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 13, 2009. The Republicans come out swinging against judicial empathy and the infamous 'wise Latina' remark.
George Lakoff, AlterNet. June 1, 2009. Conservatives are trying to redefine empathy as irrational personal feeling. In fact, empathy is the basis of our democracy and must be defended.
