Some liberal pundits are predicting a tidal wave of backlash against the leaked SCOTUS decision to reverse Roe & Casey, the decisions that have made abortion a right since 1973, forty-nine years ago. (The full text of the draft decision is here.) I’ve written that, while a Roe supporter, I’m not at all sure any … Continue reading Quakers & the End of Abortion Rights: A Very Mixed Bag
SPECIAL FOR WOMEN’s HISTORY MONTH — NOW BANNED BY PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER It was a great day for an “overground railroad” escape. Maybe not such a great day to die, but for some there was no escaping that. Imagine we were in Aiken, South Carolina: a pretty town, near Augusta and the Georgia border, with … Continue reading Remembering Friend Martha Schofield & Her Courageous Leading
It’s Whittier’s birthday. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) is now mostly thought of as a very old-fashioned conventional poet, who can be dispensed with in light of modern notions of verse and literary values. But I think such a dismissal misses a big point which should give us pause today: Whittier was also a very public … Continue reading Whittier’s 214th Birthday: The Peace-loving Quaker War Poet
I’m So. Joe Biden loves Nantucket for Thanksgiving. Been going there for decades. He’s staying at some billionaire’s place. How do I know? Why, Politico tells me so. Doesn’t surprise me. I’ve stayed there a few times. Not in the billionaires’ section, of course; or with a security detail. But I loved it too, like … Continue reading Joe Biden’s Nantucket, And Mine
Two new videos are on my mind as this week opens: The first was made last week, when three of us opened the door to what hopefully will become a much broader set of conversations about recent Quaker history, conflicts, and current issues. We gathered for the Earlham School of Religion’s Authors discussion of our … Continue reading Two Videos: “The Separation Generation” & My Odyssey in Brief