Category Archives: Current Affairs

FUM, John Muhanji, Uganda & “KILL The GAYS Laws: A Few Questions

October is Visitation & Board meeting month for Friends United Meeting (FUM). Besides board members from FUM’s shrinking but scattered territories, notable Friends will be gathering in and around its home turf of Richmond Indiana. Among the most notable of these visitors is Kenyan Friend John Muhanji, who heads FUM’s African ministries. Besides official sessions, … Continue reading FUM, John Muhanji, Uganda & “KILL The GAYS Laws: A Few Questions →

Cartoons For The Week After The Shutdown/Impeachment That Weren’t — YET.

What do you think? Will Commander the Mutt Flip on the Commander-in-Chief? Look down–the Supreme Court is in there somewhere . . .

Big Anti-Abortion Squabble Dogs Campaign in Ohio

AP News: Anti-abortion groups are at odds on strategies ahead of Ohio vote. It could be a preview for 2024 By JULIE CARR SMYTH — Sept. 30, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Abortion opponents in Ohio are at odds not only over how to frame their opposition to a reproductive rights initiative on the state’s … Continue reading Big Anti-Abortion Squabble Dogs Campaign in Ohio →

Two Unforgettable Recollections of Senator Dianne Feinstein

Fate played a cruel, unwanted hand in Diane Feinstein’s political rise: On Nov. 27, 1978, at the end of her tether, Ms. Feinstein [then a member of the San Francisco city Board of Supervisors] told City Hall reporters that she intended to quit political life. Two hours later, shots exploded down the hall from her … Continue reading Two Unforgettable Recollections of Senator Dianne Feinstein →

Gwynne Dyer: Ukraine: A Breakthrough In Slow Motion

Gwynne Dyer: Ukrainian Breakthrough? It’s a Slog. It’s nothing like the great breakthroughs of the mid-twentieth century wars, when combined air and ground forces would tear a hole in the enemy line, the tanks would pour through, and the front would roll back several hundred kilometres before it stabilised again. By Gwynne Dyer, in Opinion … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Ukraine: A Breakthrough In Slow Motion →