[Trigger Warning: Quaker jargon ahead] I’m just finishing a book about the demise of North Carolina Yearly Meeting, which came about in 2017 after the group’s 320 years of existence. [Watch for a book announcement soon.] That long, unQuakerly process was covered in detail in this blog as it unfolded, and the story will not … Continue reading Hugging the Extremes: Carolina Quakers & the 2020 Election
Eric Trump was one who sneered at the pandemic in late Spring, and said media attention to it was no more than a Democratic Party campaign ploy. As reported in Forbes (a respected, business-oriented journal): During an interview with Fox News host Jeanine Pirro on “Justice with Judge Jeanine,” Eric Trump, the son of President … Continue reading The Election Is over For Biden; the Pandemic is not
News reports since Election Tuesday indicate that a growing number of White House staffers are reviewing their resumes, riffling through address/networking lists and beginning to think about a post-West Wing job search. This possibility was evidently not on their radar when they were watching the Boss’s rallies last week, hearing the crowds roar their belief … Continue reading Job-Hunting Leads for Departing White House Staffers
Reading this morning’s comments from my Facebook friends, you’d think the election was a landslide win for the other guy: so much gloom, doom, depression & lament. To which I feel obliged to reply sternly: Friends — GET A GRIP. Sure, I didn’t get everything I wanted from the election results; not even close. But … Continue reading Cheer Up, Fer Pity Sake!
MEMO: From my sources deep in the MAGA HQ, some fresh hot data: The voting is finished. The incumbent appears to be losing. Will he resist defeat? Issue a call to arms? Seek mayhem in the streets? From six confidential messages, electronically intercepted, rerouted to my email inbox, then painstakingly decrypted, I can report that … Continue reading Intelligence Update [Unredacted Version]