Keeping Up the Pressure for Torture Accountability If I seem preoccupied with torture, that’s due to two factors above all: First, Fayetteville-Fort Liberty (neé Bragg) is surrounded by major components of what I call the “Torture Industrial Complex.” So it’s been hard for me to ignore. And second, in my study of this gruesome subject, … Continue reading Another Day to remember: September 16: Torture Migration Day
Check back tomorrow for the second in a series of excerpts from Tell It Slant, the new biography of Chuck Fager by Emma Lapsansky-Werner. “Fearless, fabulous, flawed (and funny), Chuck Fager holds Quakers’ feet to the fire mostly so that we might see the Light again and become better Friends. Whether you love him or … Continue reading Coming June 14 from “Tell It Slant”: Encouraging Rejections
Just heard (3:57 PM EDT 04-17-2024 Uri Berliner, a dissident 25-year employee at NPR, quit today, publishing on Twitter/X a short, angry statement. The full text of his posted letter is: As reported here (and in many other media outlets, Berliner published a Substack article on April 9, calling out what he said was an … Continue reading Flash: Uri Berliner Quits NPR (Cabbage Wins)
For March 18th This post is adapted from: Tell It Slant, a Biography/autobiography by Emma Lapsansky-Werner, with Chuck Fager: Chuck’s first grandchild was born in September 1994, and named Amber Dawn. She and her mother, Chuck’s daughter Annika, lived in Martinsburg West Virginia. One early milestone on Amber’s road lay almost five hundred miles northeast, … Continue reading For March 17-18: The Best Friend & The Last Big Surprise
Enforcing school discipline can sometimes mean imposing tough penalties. — Writing something 50 times on the board? — Time-outs? — Detention after school? Naaah. Wishy-washy liberal mush. Michele Morrow, who hopes to be elected state superintendent of public instruction, says it’s time to get serious about public schooling in North Carolina: — How so? Maybe … Continue reading Is QAnon the Future of North Carolina Education?? It’s On The Ballot!