Category Archives: Signs of the Times
New Issue of a Quaker Arts Journal — Now Online
Can art help us get through (and bear witness in) hard times? The Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts (aka FQA) thinks so. A new example is the just-published issue of FQA’s journal, Types & Shadows, (aka T&S) online right now, right here. T&S was launched in 1996, the new issue is #101, for Autumn … Continue reading New Issue of a Quaker Arts Journal — Now Online
How Pizza, Porn & Public Executions Made Good Politics in North Carolina
Every Democrat who won a state-level race in North Carolina this week ought to be tossing at least a fiver into a common hat. Then that wad of bills should be plunked down at Greensboro’s greasiest pizza parlor, to have at several dozen steamy pies delivered to the front porch of Chez Mark Robinson, topped … Continue reading How Pizza, Porn & Public Executions Made Good Politics in North Carolina
Quote of the Month: “It’s the First Amendment, stupid”
[NOTE: the CNN Business report cited below deals with an abortion rights vote coming in Florida. But this blog post, while not discounting the importance of that issue, is focused on a judge in a related lawsuit. More specifically, on a ruling he issued last week. Even more, on a five-word summary of the basis … Continue reading Quote of the Month: “It’s the First Amendment, stupid”
News of The (Voting) Day from (One of the) Front Lines
A friend messaged to ask how it’s going? A brief update in North Carolina, as of Friday evening 10-18-2024: I hear it was a record first day yesterday (Opening Day of early voting). At our polling place nearby, they told us 800 had voted there yesterday ), a record. A later statewide report came from … Continue reading News of The (Voting) Day from (One of the) Front Lines