Hard Truth-telling in a federal court— But likely soon to be Quashed WashIngton Post, Ruth Marcus, April 3 2022: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proclaimed himself unfazed by a federal judge’s opinion declaring provisions of the state’s new voting law unconstitutional and racially discriminatory. As a matter of raw judicial vote-counting, DeSantis is probably right. “It’s … Continue reading Florida vs Black Voters: an Evil Tradition Endures
As a tween in the 1950s, I had a long fixation on all things Disney: seeing the first Disneyland theme park take shape, being glued to the Mickey Mouse Club (where my first TV crush was on the late Mouseketeer Annette Funicello), etc., etc. Even last year, it was a peak pandemic survival session when … Continue reading The Culture Wars Are Coming for Mickey
UNHOLY ALLIANCE: Putin’s Holy Man Pushed for the ‘Eradication’ of Ukraine The Daily Beast A. Craig Copetas — Mar. 22, 2022 Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill appears to be just as bloodthirsty as Vladimir Putin himself. Beneath the gold onion domes of the Danilov Monastery a few miles south of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin’s chief shaman … Continue reading Putin’s Orthodox Enabler; and the Magic of War Logistics
Friends, Here is a paper I wrote in 1970 about “The Quaker Testimony of Simplicity.” It was published in 1972; fifty years ago. It’s about 10500 words; not a quickie. Simplicity-1970-QRT-corrected-03-25-2022 When I wrote it, I had been among Friends for about four years, and had not yet turned 30. In my heart, it was … Continue reading Quaker Simplicity Rises Again; But This Time, It’s Complicated
Jamelle Bouie is rapidly emerging as one of the more acute and important members of the rising generation of New York Times columnists. His career has followed a different track than previous generations of Timesmen, among whom almost all roads to the paper led through Harvard Yard. Instead, after the University of Virginia, Bouie blogged … Continue reading The Impending, Ominous Return of “States Rights”