Category Archives: Current Affairs

A TWOFER: Putin Glows As Low-Blow BoJo’s Getting the Heave-Ho; Trying to Stay, Tho — But Now That’s a No-Go

#1-Boris Johnson lying like a sociopath right to the end Gwynne Dyer — Jul 07 2022 A month ago, I wrote that “Johnson will be gone within the year.” I was wrong: he will probably be gone within the month, and what will finally bring him down is not the economy, or Brexit, or any of … Continue reading A TWOFER: Putin Glows As Low-Blow BoJo’s Getting the Heave-Ho; Trying to Stay, Tho — But Now That’s a No-Go →

“Christian” Nationalists Planning Next Anti-Abortion Moves

NYTimes: Christian Nationalists Are Excited About What Comes Next By Katherine Stewart — July 5, 2022 Ms. Stewart has reported on the religious right for more than a decade. She is the author of “The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism.” The shape of the Christian nationalist movement in the post-Roe future … Continue reading “Christian” Nationalists Planning Next Anti-Abortion Moves →

AFSC Restructure Update: Hurry Up — And Wait

AFSC & Restructuring, Cont.: A quick recap: In early January 2022, we posted a report on an attempted uprising at AFSC, led by former staffer Lucy Duncan, intended to torpedo a proposed 2021 restructuring. The restructure was meant to carry out a strategic plan adopted in October 2020, and a draft had been debated and … Continue reading AFSC Restructure Update: Hurry Up — And Wait →

Another Quaker Holiday Story: Playing the Lottery

Playing the Lottery Winter 1969, Boston. I was driving a cab at night, while attending Harvard Divinity School. I had run through some scholarship and loan money, and needed cash; Christmas and all that. But I also thought it would be a “good experience” for a wannabe writer. When I turned my cab onto St. … Continue reading Another Quaker Holiday Story: Playing the Lottery →

Timothy Miller “Why We Did It” Review, Part 2

[Part One of this “Review in Pieces” is here.] Imagine a history of the Trump rise done not by a DC insider, but by Stephen King, who had taken a double dose of bad acid and is channeling Hunter Thompson in bed with Franz Kafka. Then you’ll begin to get the drift of Tim … Continue reading Timothy Miller “Why We Did It” Review, Part 2 →