March 10: Remember Tom Fox March 10 — how could I forget? How dare I fail to remember? Nineteen years and four months ago, John Stephens and I began a blog site called freethecaptivesnow.org , as both a personal vigil and a community service, compiling and posting nightly updates of reports — or mostly … Continue reading Tom Fox – Quaker Peaceworker Murdered in Iraq March 10, 2006
Transphobia: The Bible Is Better Than That 2025 is becoming a crucible year for trans people and those who would be their allies: the Pete Hegseth-Trump Defense Department is after them; Iowa’s legislature just deleted them from its anti-discrimination statutes; other states may follow. And don’t even get me started on the Supreme Court. … Continue reading Trans & The Bible: Is God On Their Side? I Say —
Below is a black & white news photo from late February, 1965. It turned up a few years back (hat tip to the sharp-eyed Lewis Lewis): it was taken on the steps of Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama when John Lewis (center-left, with a tie) announced the plan to march from Selma … Continue reading “Bloody Sunday” in Selma plus 60: Victory Undone, Battle Renewed
– NOTE: “Corruptio optimi pessima” = Corruption of the best is the worst of all. I can’t remember when I started reading the Washington Post. I was following it through the Watergate years, but was a mostly broke rookie trying to find my footing as a writer to afford a subscription. By … Continue reading Washington Post: More In Sorrow, But With PLENTY of Anger
The Guardian — Interview ‘It’s good to think strategically’: Thomas E Ricks on civil rights and January 6 Martin Pengelly in Washington — Published 8 October 2022 In his new book, the historian considers the work of Martin Luther King and others through the lens of military thought. There is a direct connection from Freedom … Continue reading More Un-Banned Black History: Tom Ricks on The Civil Rights Movement as a “Good War”