Category Archives: Remarkable Friends

Noted Quaker Atheist Dies in New York; Also Kept Diary, & Was A Composer

Ned Rorem, Pulitzer-winning composer and noted diarist, dies at 99 Washington Post — (AP)
By Tim Page
 — November 18, 2022 He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his orchestral suite ‘Air Music.’ His diaries offered a ‘worldly, intelligent, licentious, highly indiscreet’ entree into elite gay and artistic circles.


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Supreme Court Dissents: Naming The Outrages, Painting A Better Future — Someday

Joan E Greve in Washington — Mon 11 Jul 2022 Opinions from Breyer, Kagan and Sotomayor send stark warning about increasingly radical court abandoning long-held principles Taken together, the dissents written by the three liberal justices this term send a clear warning about an increasingly radical court that is abandoning long-held principles and even the … Continue reading Supreme Court Dissents: Naming The Outrages, Painting A Better Future — Someday →

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Here’s a Great Look at the Quaker “Good Old Days.” Beautiful — But a Lot of Work

[Note: It’s rare that blog material turns up in the real estate section, especially the mainly rather upscale version in the Washington Post, and particularly in the rather very upscale horsey parts of Loudoun County, Virginia, out near where the Shenandoah Valley begins. But for many decades once upon a time, much of Loudoun was … Continue reading Here’s a Great Look at the Quaker “Good Old Days.” Beautiful — But a Lot of Work →

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