Category Archives: Current Affairs

Ten Funny/Defiant Music Videos to Keep Your “NO KINGS” Spirits Humming

On October 18, I helped host a ZOOM No Kings virtual rally, meant to include & encourage resisters who couldn’t attend in-person events. We didn’t want droning speeches, and had no canned list of answers to the question of “What Comes Next??” —except for recalling Dr. King’s concisely profound  quote from an elderly civil rights … Continue reading Ten Funny/Defiant Music Videos to Keep Your “NO KINGS” Spirits Humming

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It’s “War”?? Trump’s “Chipocalypse Now” — Day One

The opening: “You Think You’ve Seen ‘Shock & Awe’”?? (Trump posted this AI fantasy on Truth Social early Saturday) “The president offered no details beyond the label “Chipocalypse Now,” a play on the title of Francis Ford Coppola’s dystopian 1979 film set in the Vietnam war, in which a character says: “I love the smell … Continue reading It’s “War”?? Trump’s “Chipocalypse Now” — Day One

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Who?? Happy Birthday to One of the Most Important Quaker Writers Most of Us Never Heard of

Milton Mayer was born on August 24, 1908. He was a journalist, scholar,  moral philosopher, terrific writer — and a Quaker. A Jewish Quaker. A southerner Jewish Quaker. He wrote some of the most potent, challenging, memorable Quaker essays and books of the past century. He was also funny. He and his work deserve to … Continue reading Who?? Happy Birthday to One of the Most Important Quaker Writers Most of Us Never Heard of

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