Maybe— This wasn’t written on the subway walls, or some tenement halls; It isn’t a mashup of parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme; Or the boxer, humming ly-la-lye while homeward bound. But maybe . . . it could turn out to be a Bridge Over Troubled Waters . . . The Guardian: ‘I was a fool’: … Continue reading Maybe There’s Hope: Simon & Garfunkel Are Friends Again . . .
Can art help us get through (and bear witness in) hard times? The Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts (aka FQA) thinks so. A new example is the just-published issue of FQA’s journal, Types & Shadows, (aka T&S) online right now, right here. T&S was launched in 1996, the new issue is #101, for Autumn … Continue reading New Issue of a Quaker Arts Journal — Now Online
Every Democrat who won a state-level race in North Carolina this week ought to be tossing at least a fiver into a common hat. Then that wad of bills should be plunked down at Greensboro’s greasiest pizza parlor, to have at several dozen steamy pies delivered to the front porch of Chez Mark Robinson, topped … Continue reading How Pizza, Porn & Public Executions Made Good Politics in North Carolina
I’m still not making predictions about the election’s outcome. And I’m so over searching for the hidden meanings in polls. My record of not answering the non-Hurricane flood of robocalls remains unbroken. Not least, I voted two weeks — seems like two months — ago. So now there’s only one big question hanging over the … Continue reading My Secret Post-Election Plan: Celebration?? Or Consolation??
[NOTE: the CNN Business report cited below deals with an abortion rights vote coming in Florida. But this blog post, while not discounting the importance of that issue, is focused on a judge in a related lawsuit. More specifically, on a ruling he issued last week. Even more, on a five-word summary of the basis … Continue reading Quote of the Month: “It’s the First Amendment, stupid”