You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Ask Questions

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If there’s one theme that runs through the emails I receive in response to this newsletter, it’s gratitude for addressing questions that people were afraid to ask. When you cover a lot of controversial topics, as I do—from race to religion to geopolitical subjects like Israel-Palestine—you soon discover that lots of folks are confused about them, but worry that if they admit their confusion, they will be branded as benighted or bigoted.

But life doesn’t actually work that way. No one is born