Just another message, about just another school day for a family member of mine, here in America. This is a real excerpt. (But note: they’re not teaching about CRT, not saying “Gay,” or watching Disney, so everybody relax.)
[NOTE: Sure, Quakers may have started it all in Pennsylvania, back in 1680. But this year, the relative handful of Friends left there (about 11,000, give or take a few hundred) occupy a tiny back row up in the nosebleed section of state’s rowdy political stadium, especially compared to the mass of Keystone Catholics, who … Continue reading Mastriano & the Bishops: A Catholic Religious Crisis in the (Onetime) Quaker State
AP News: Detailed ‘open source’ news investigations are catching on – in Ukraine & Elsewhere BY DAVID BAUDER – May 8, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more striking pieces of journalism from the Ukraine war featured intercepted radio transmissions from Russian soldiers indicating an invasion in disarray, their conversations even interrupted by … Continue reading War Notes: Hump Day Catchup
For a reporter, even a retired one, there’s a charge of adrenaline in a scoop — getting a story before other journalists. And if the scooped rival is the Big Kahuna, aka the New York Times, there’s an extra kick to it. So I’m preening this morning, after noticing that the august Times, fresh off stuffing another … Continue reading Scooping the Times, With Grim Gratification
If you were, say, the new president of a struggling small college in Flyover Carolina, you ought to be thrilled by getting a shout-out from Wendy Brown in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. I mean, The Times is, well, The Times, the national paper of record and all that. And Wendy Brown is an … Continue reading Embarrassing Quaker Quote of the Week