The short answer: I don’t know . . . But. I have a test for deciding; I’ll get to that presently. This reflection was provoked in early December 2021, after two very smart women pundits whose work I take seriously, made opposite predictions about this. First, Jennifer Rubin, a Washington Post columnist. For years she … Continue reading Will there be a big backlash when Roe is thrown out?
[NOTE: This story is fiction. But it echoes & rhymes with many true events from the soldier resistance during the U. S. invasion of Iraq that began in March 2003. It also unofficially reflects my experience as Director at Quaker House in wartime conditions.] Money for College Fayetteville/Fort Bragg North Carolina, late December 2003 – … Continue reading Money for College: A Quaker War Resistance Story
I’ve said that when I was Director of Quaker House (2001-2012) I had the best Quaker job there is. But I didn’t always feel that way. In fact, my initial stance was emphatically the opposite. Now that the job is open again, it’s worth describing how and why that changed for me. This is a … Continue reading Quaker House, 9-11 and Me: Arguing With God
On a road trip with daughter Molly. She too is a history buff. When we went to Richmond on Oct. 14, I was most eager to drive down fabled Monument Avenue, where a new history is overtaking a former one. For more than a century, Monument Avenue was famous for a parade of mounted Confederate leaders, … Continue reading Four New Views of Robert E. Lee: History Comes to Richmond