Category Archives: Arts: Blogging

How I Became a Successful Writer & An Independent Publisher (The short version) – Part 3 of 3

Part 3 Part 1 is here Part 2 is here Actually, the publishing revolution started nearby, in South Carolina. A company there originally called BookSurge, and later CreateSpace, began using a machine, not much larger than a good-sized office copier, that could print and bind paperback books one at a time, quickly, automatically, at a … Continue reading How I Became a Successful Writer & An Independent Publisher (The short version) – Part 3 of 3 →

ChatBot Quakerism, Part 3 (of 3): Not Ready To Be the Super-Clerk Just Yet

This past week, this blog held two conversations with a ChatBot, the vanguard of supposedly all-knowing software which some believe is destined to soon take over our world and make many crucial functions (including blogging) unnecessary antiques.

AI Quakerism, Part Two: ChatBot Delivers Solutions for Our Five Biggest Problems. (Or Does It?)

Yesterday, we asked ChatBot to identify the five biggest issues facing Quakers today, and posted the query and the full text of its reply. Then, as promised, we followed up by asking ChatBot (CB for short) to sketch out practical solutions to these problems, again based on its familiarity with the presumably vast resources of … Continue reading AI Quakerism, Part Two: ChatBot Delivers Solutions for Our Five Biggest Problems. (Or Does It?) →

Flip-Flop at AFSC: Saraswati In? No, Today she’s Out. Who’s Next?

The Bronzer Saga Continues? On February 17th, the AFSC “Leadership Team” (LT) asserted that Raquel Saraswati’s job as DEI Director was safe, that they “firmly believe” in her “Loyalty to AFSC’s mission,” despite accusations about her being an impostor and fake.

Harvard, Affirmative Action, “Reparations,” & Me

One of the most shopworn and least shocking of discoveries about USA higher education Is that of Ivy League “affirmative action” (aka preferential admissions) for the non-genius children of wealthy donors or powerful alumni (mainly WASPS). This “exposé” (which, to be fair, is also found at many other non-ivy schools) has been around about a … Continue reading Harvard, Affirmative Action, “Reparations,” & Me →