The ‘moral stoplight’ that Trump and Vance blow through

The ‘moral stoplight’ that Trump and Vance blow through

Michael Davis, a former Evening Sun and Sun colleague, wrote in response to my Substack post on J.D. Vance’s demonization of the homeless of Washington, D.C. A Baltimore rabbi and friend once told me that the homeless present a “moral stoplight.” When you are in their presence, he said, you need to stop and acknowledge them. You don’t have to offer money if that’s not the way you address the commandment to be charitable, but you must summon your…