This post was delivered as a message in Spring Friends Meeting on Eighth Month (August 11, 2024). Today after meeting, Wendy and I are going to a small family birthday party, for a great-granddaughter who has turned seven. That quiet gathering will be a very modest landmark in what has been a very … Continue reading Rebuilding After the Earthquake, and A Birthday Rainbow
New York Times Bernie Sanders: Joe Biden for President By Bernie Sanders Mr. Sanders is the senior senator from Vermont. July 13, 2024 I will do all that I can to see that President Biden is re-elected. Why? Despite my disagreements with him on particular issues, he has been the most effective president in the … Continue reading Bernie! Still All In (Critically) for Joe Biden
In Joe Biden’s July 5 interview with George Stephanopoulos, the president brusquely rebuffed all the reporter’s promptings about quitting his race for re-election: bad poll numbers, calls from a few elected Democrats, the panicked appeals from the pundit chorus. . . . A defiant Delaware “Meh” to them all. Then Biden made one concession: “Look. … Continue reading Biden and God
A week in North Carolina politics is like a year anywhere else. (At least sometimes.) This past week produced a bunch of memorable events. Topping the list was the overnight political superstar status that’s been conferred on the state by lieutenant governor Mark Robinson, who won the GOP primary to succeed term-limited Democratic governor Roy … Continue reading Hello, World: Meet Mark “The Mobilizer” Robinson-Instant GOP superstar!
David Brooks, New York Times From “Joe Biden and the Struggle for America’s Soul,” April 27, 2023 Joe Biden built his 2020 presidential campaign around the idea that “we’re in a battle for the soul of America.”. . . In the video he released this week launching his re-election bid, he doubled down on that … Continue reading Voices of The Week: Compelling Quotes