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?
Hard Truth-telling in a federal court— But likely soon to be Quashed WashIngton Post, Ruth Marcus, April 3 2022: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proclaimed himself unfazed by a federal judge’s opinion declaring provisions of the state’s new voting law unconstitutional and racially discriminatory. As a matter of raw judicial vote-counting, DeSantis is probably right. “It’s … Continue reading Florida vs Black Voters: an Evil Tradition Endures
As a tween in the 1950s, I had a long fixation on all things Disney: seeing the first Disneyland theme park take shape, being glued to the Mickey Mouse Club (where my first TV crush was on the late Mouseketeer Annette Funicello), etc., etc. Even last year, it was a peak pandemic survival session when … Continue reading The Culture Wars Are Coming for Mickey
Friends, Here is a paper I wrote in 1970 about “The Quaker Testimony of Simplicity.” It was published in 1972; fifty years ago. It’s about 10500 words; not a quickie. Simplicity-1970-QRT-corrected-03-25-2022 When I wrote it, I had been among Friends for about four years, and had not yet turned 30. In my heart, it was … Continue reading Quaker Simplicity Rises Again; But This Time, It’s Complicated
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”