John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892). “In War Time” Anniversary Poem Somewhat revised Read before the Alumni of the Friends’ Yearly Meeting School, at the Annual Meeting at Newport, R. I., 15th 6th mo., 1863. [Written during another war, it resonates with a current one, and is edited here to highlight those echoes.] … Continue reading Whittier: “In War Time”
I’m reading a memoir/autobiography, Writing Straight With Crooked Lines, by Jim Forest. Jim died recently, after a long life spent in peace work, including much collaboration with Quakers. After the attack on a huge Ukrainian nuclear power plant, two passages in it leapt out at me this morning. The first was merely a blip — … Continue reading Two Chilling Blasts From the (not so distant) Past
Germans Seize Russian Billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s Mega-Yacht Giacomo Tognini Forbes Staff Billionaires Staff Writer, Wealth Team. [Photo of Usmanov yacht on Ipad] Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov was sanctioned by the European Union on Monday. Two days later, Forbes has learned from three sources in the yacht industry that one of his prized possessions—the 512-foot … Continue reading The Oligarch Blues: Billionaire’s Big Boat is Busted; Navalny Speaks
Opposition to Putin’s war is alive on Moscow’s streets. But no trace of it is covered on Russian TV Analysis by Nic Robertson, CNN — March 1, 2022 Moscow CNN — More than 6,400 Russians have been arrested in anti-war protests since President Vladimir Putin’s troops invaded Ukraine, but not one bone-crunching detention has made state … Continue reading 3 reports: one surprise
New York Times: Last Wednesday, a few hours before Russian tanks began rolling into Ukraine, alarms went off inside Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center, warning of a never-before-seen piece of “wiper” malware that appeared aimed at the country’s government ministries and financial institutions. Within three hours, Microsoft threw itself into the middle of a ground war … Continue reading War Notes — March 1, 2022