Shameless self promotion

by David Safier
My lastest column in the Explorer praises empathy (and enlists David Brooks as someone on the other side who agrees), then goes on to argue "the Empathy Gene appears to be missing from conservatives' DNA."

Apropos of the empathy topic, read Leonard Pitts' column in today's Star. It's good for white men like me, even those of us who try our best to be empathetic but understand it can never be a destination, only a journey. Using harsh language and a bit of bullying, Pitts forces me to see the world through his eyes. He begins with

If you've read Ralph Ellison's brilliant novel, The Invisible Man, you'll recognize the thrust of Pitts argument, that the non-black world doesn't see him; it sees its own conception of him. The column deserves to be read all the way through.

Dr. Word wonders: Is the proper phrasing "Apropos of the empathy topic" or "Apropos the empathy topic"? Both of the above?