I’m not in the habit of taking political advice from rightwing websites. Never mind a site started by Tucker Carlson; or from anything else associated with the top Fox News motormouth. But the headline below, I admit, gave me pause today. So here it is, with some comments in bold dark red. The Daily Caller: … Continue reading Roy Cooper for President?
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
Ukraine might yet repel the Putin invasion. Or it may be ground under by Russian forces, then snuffed out as a nation and culture. Either way, the Ukraine war appears to be redrawing the strategic map of northern Europe, with implications reverberating far beyond Scandinavia. A double strategic earthquake is underway, without a shot having … Continue reading Finland, Sweden, NATO, Mud, Macron & Putin?
There’s been way too much cork-popping among American pundits about the stunning Ukrainian resistance to the Putin invasion. Yes, the Russian forces have performed badly, while the Ukrainians have come through horrors to push them back again and again. Their campaign thus far has been the stuff of epic and will be a gold mine … Continue reading Ukraine: Cut the Crowing: It’s Far From Over