One plague this year wasn’t enough: Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting, gathering this week by Zoom, is facing another one: a fever of panic and hysteria over charges of — wait for it — racism. First, though, the vector of SAYMA’s resurgent malady isn’t a lab or wet market in China. Rather, it’s a familiar figure, Sharon … Continue reading Another Sad Season for SAYMA
I haven’t forgotten the unexpected deaths of Friends David Zarembka & his wife Gladys Kamonya in Kenya, at the turn of March into April of 2021. Now there’s a report that suggests that COVID deaths there are numerous, and the total is likely much higher than is suggested by the meager available statistics. The New … Continue reading How Many More Kenyan Quakers Have Died of COVID?
So. I’m reading this Op-Ed by Peter Wehner, a conservative anti-45er, in The New York Times today. He’s still reeling aghast at the GOP’s defenestration of Liz Cheney. I’m empathetic to his view that it’s part of a grave threat to the republic. But there’s nothing new about these sentiments . . . . Wehner: … Continue reading A Shocking Moment of Recognition
My buddy Garrison — well, I did meet him once, and he even told me a couple of his secrets, which I blabbed here in 2016. And we’re the same age; we always are, except for the sad months of September until early December. He gets older first. And now he’s charging into the post-pandemic, … Continue reading Garrison Keillor Goes Contemporary
How do we find “truth” about what’s going on in our confused & confusing society? One source many often turn to for answers is public polls. If a big time pollster says something is happening, many of us still choose to believe it must be so. A prime example of this phenomenon is the decline … Continue reading The Big News That’s No News: U. S. Church Membership Falls Below 50%