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”
According to Garrison Keillor, March 24 was “the birthday of the poet, publisher, and bookstore owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti, born in Yonkers, New York (1919). . . . He went to college at the University of North Carolina and then joined the Navy during World War II, where he was the commander of a 110-foot ship. … Continue reading Ferlinghetti: A Birthday & A Favorite Beatnik Poem
“I’ve been writing about Ukraine in this space nonstop for a month. I’m exhausted by it. I suspect you are, too.” That’s not me saying that. It’s Jonathan V. Last (aka JVL). He’s a never-Trumper ex-Republican, who blogs & podcasts for The Bulwark, one of the key ex-GOP-Save-Democracy-if-we-can media shops which I follow. But in … Continue reading Welcome to Spring; the Massacre of Mariupol; and a New Hello Kitty
Elon Musk’s Starlink is keeping Ukrainians online when traditional Internet fails Musk sent terminals for the satellite Internet service after a Ukrainian official tweeted at him Excerpted from the Washington Post: By Rachel Lerman and Cat Zakrzewski — March 19 2023 Elon Musk recently challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to a one-handed fistfight for the future … Continue reading Elon Musk? Ukraine Freedom Fighter?? (Well, Virtually . . .)