Jonathan Zasloff is a Law Professor at UCLA who is one of the bloggers over at the Reality-Based Community. Yesterday he posted a touching tribute to his mother who passed away at the age of 80. The first pargraph of that post is as follows:
“It’s Mom’s fault that I became a progressive. My earliest political memory is her patiently explaining to 5-year-old me why I could not have my favorite fruit, grapes. “We want the people who work picking grapes to be treated fairly,” she said. I didn’t really buy it, but I trusted her, and of course she was right. (Two years later, we had to boycott lettuce. This was far less of a problem.). The values were clear: play fair. Be good to people who have less than you. The earth is special, so don’t litter. Everybody is equal. (And of course, love your mother.). She was right about those, too.”
It’s a thoughtful and touching essay - go read the rest here.