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I just watched the monumental guilty verdict that was handed down in the George Floyd case, so let’s take another look at that lyric Mitch gifted us earlier today.

Everyone is crying out for peace, yes

None is crying out for justice

I don't want no peace

I need equal rights and justice

Regardless of what you think of the album, today was a good day for Peter Tosh and the things about which he sang.

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I grew up in an Italian American community in Massachusetts with many Jewish neighbors. Far away in my college years I was at a Hillel center. A Jewish student spotted me eating.

"Is that sausage and peppers?" He said.

"Sorry, I know it's not kosher." I said.

"No, I love sausage and peppers." He replied. "My dad used to make it all the time. He is from New York and all his neighbors were Italian."

"Of course," I laughed.

Maybe the motherly guilt draws us together.

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