Category Archives: Immigration

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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Resistance Vacation Reading #5: I Hate Dill Pickles: But There’s More to the Story

I Hate Dill Pickles: But There’s More to the Story A Nearby City, Spring 2007             Sara Rahman was my best friend that year. And some of the best times we had were while walking home from school. We joked and laughed about everything   stuff in school, books she was reading, her dorky big … Continue reading Resistance Vacation Reading #5: I Hate Dill Pickles: But There’s More to the Story

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Guest Post: Our “Friend” Il Papa Joins The Pushback & Kicks Authoritarian Anti-Immigration Butts

I’m not sure Pope Francis would endorse my headline. But I didn’t ask his permission. He ostensibly wrote this letter to the (all-male) U. S. Catholic bishops, not to Quakers (or Quaker adjacents, who make up the bulk of this blog’s audience). But instead he released it to via the official Vatican website, in English … Continue reading Guest Post: Our “Friend” Il Papa Joins The Pushback & Kicks Authoritarian Anti-Immigration Butts

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