Category Archives: Culture wars

After Buying the Supreme Court for Rightwing Catholicism — Why not Add a Few Universities? Deal!

[NOTE: Some readers might wonder: why does this Quaker blogger post so often about Catholic church issues & development? Is it just because I was raised RC? No doubt that upbringing left its marks. [If you’re interested, this background is explored in my memoir, Meetings.] But there are broader reasons. Here are a few: — … Continue reading After Buying the Supreme Court for Rightwing Catholicism — Why not Add a Few Universities? Deal! →

The Big Read: Supreme Beings — Taking on the Architects of Our Emerging Judicially-Spawned Authoritarian Order

[NOTE: i’m somewhat slow on the uptake, but numerous shocks of 2022 have pounded home the sense that the principal architect of our increasingly dominant regime of minority rule is the Supreme Court. To get more up to speed on this process, I’m reading Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s fine new book, The Scheme. Whitehouse has been … Continue reading The Big Read: Supreme Beings — Taking on the Architects of Our Emerging Judicially-Spawned Authoritarian Order →

LGBTQ persons live in fear and often at great risk in many Muslim societies

[NOTE: A few safe places, amid many areas of official persecution and grave risk; that’s the sum of this sketch of legal, social and religious issues facing LGBTQ persons in most Muslim societies. This Associated Press report is unsettling and may for some be traumatic; readers are advised.] AP News: Across vast Muslim world, LGBTQ … Continue reading LGBTQ persons live in fear and often at great risk in many Muslim societies →

Quote of the Week: A Nationwide Warning from North Carolina

In the recent midterm elections, the North Carolina vote suppression party fell only one seat short of reclaiming the veto-proof majority, which they had deployed like a sledgehammer on human rights until governor Roy Cooper’s political skills broke through it. Now, as he explains here, they are looking to the rightwing bloc on the U. … Continue reading Quote of the Week: A Nationwide Warning from North Carolina →

Indiana AG Targets Doctor who helped 10 year-old rape victim

Indiana’s Republican attorney general on Wednesday asked the state medical licensing board to discipline an Indianapolis doctor who has spoken publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled from Ohio after its more-restrictive abortion law took effect.