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On Alton Sterling and Philando Castile

July 7th, 2016 | 9 min read

By Jake Meador

I'm breaking a personal rule I try to follow with stories like this one: Don't say anything publicly for a week. But the point I want to make is relatively simple so hopefully the lack of time to think won't cause me to say something stupid.

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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

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