Category Archives: Annals of Inequality
Fifty Years Without a Military Draft: Could That Change?
Friday June 30 was a major anniversary. Did you see the parade past the Capitol? Catch the huge fireworks display? Watch the big superstar concert? No? Me neither. But I’m kidding about the hoopla: June 30, 2023 will rightly be remembered for bad Supreme Court decisions, with anger and resistance, not any big national celebrations. … Continue reading Fifty Years Without a Military Draft: Could That Change?
Coming Soon to Our Kitchen: The King Chuck “Coronation Quiche”
How would I know that in hooking up with The Fair Wendy, I was entering into a monarchist alliance? It’s true. We practically draped the whole place in black crepe when the Eternal Elizabeth passed on; and Wendy can still sort all the princes in order of their place in the Line of Succession, … Continue reading Coming Soon to Our Kitchen: The King Chuck “Coronation Quiche”
In The Yard: Our Flowery May Day Demonstration
In many parts of the world, May 1 is Labor Day, a holiday, and observances typically have a noticeably leftwing or socialist character. But the U. S. Doesn’t recognize such subversive notions, preferring its very tame beer-hotdogs-and-baseball version in September. (That’s Labor — excuse me, Labour Day — in Canada also; I mistakenly thought that … Continue reading In The Yard: Our Flowery May Day Demonstration
Powerful Quote of The Week: the American Future Is In the South
[Sectarian NOTE: The author here does not mention (and why should she?) that the South, especially North Carolina, has been very important in the history of my own small tribe, the Quakers. I didn’t know or expect this when I came here 21 years ago, so far from the self-identified and self-important “centers” of the … Continue reading Powerful Quote of The Week: the American Future Is In the South