Communists & Quakers The Redbaiter-In-Chief hasn’t said it yet, but he could: Quakers and Communists go together like kale and potlucks. It’s not a new story, or set of stories. Until this summer I wouldn’t have mentioned them other than for occasional nostalgia value. But then in June, # 47 yanked a rattling skeleton out … Continue reading Quakers & Communists– A Quick Dog Days History
ELIZABETH FRY Adapted from a presentation by Sue Fry, an attender at Spring Friends Meeting in Snow Camp, North Carolina, on July 12, 2026 Elizabeth Gurney Fry — born in 1780 in Norfolk, England, about 100 miles NE of London — was a pioneering English social reformer and Quaker minister whose spent her life … Continue reading Guest Post: Elizabeth Fry
So 2025 is a municipal election year in North Carolina, with seemingly little to catch wider public attention. A crowd of candidates with only local name recognition was running for council and mayoral seats in scores of small and medium-size towns — not the ones on those annoying clickbait lists of 20-best-places-to-retire-as-a-left-handed-nearsighted-single-cat-person pickle baller; such … Continue reading Hey, Big Political Media — You MISSED Tuesday’s NC Political Earthquake!
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
Revelation on Rose Street New York City – A Fine Autumn Day in 1843 I was still feeling a bit weak that first Day morning, after several days in bed with a bilious fever. But I was now better, and the weather in New York was fair. My good wife agreed that a walk to … Continue reading Resistance Vacation Reading #3 — Revelation On Rose Street — And the Fate of Religious Radicals