Enough babble about the World Cup. Spare me the hype surrounding the Super Bowl. I’m not even thinking of MLB Spring Training. There’s a spot in the Big American History Record Book waiting to be filled, and I’m fed up & full to the eyebrows with waiting.
[NOTE: While this interview is with a Catholic theologian/sociologist, and his new book about “nonverts” has a chapter devoted to Catholic church dropouts, that’s not what the book is mainly about, or why it interests me. Quakers interest me, especially U. S. Quakers. I don’t know if the author mention Quakers, but it’s clear enough … Continue reading New Book Marks the Coming of Ex-Christian America
AP News: Caribbean divided as Netherlands mulls slavery apology BY GEROLD ROZENBLAD AND DÁNICA COTO December 17, 2022 PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Dutch colonizers kidnapped men, women and children and enslaved them on plantations growing sugar, coffee and other goods that built wealth at the price of misery. On Monday, the Netherlands is … Continue reading Dutch To Apologize for Caribbean Slavery. Reparations?
AP News: Report: World’s coal use creeps to new high in 2022 BY FRANK JORDANS December 16, 2022 BERLIN (AP) — Coal use across the world is set to reach a new record this year amid persistently high demand for the heavily polluting fossil fuel, the International Energy Agency said Friday. The Paris-based agency said … Continue reading Global Warming? Coal Usage Sets New Record Anyway
[NOTE: Despite the sponsor’s upbeat words, attendance at this onetime mega-conference will be down 70% from its peak in 2000. For Quakers, the slide is quite similar to the 80% drop (from almost 2000 in 2000 to 440) in registrations for the 2022 FGC summer Gathering. For FGC, the decline for ed a shift from an … Continue reading Once Huge Evangelical Mission Conference Faces Major Shrinkage