New York Times BY DAVID BAUDER Yesterday . . . ”All my troubles seemed so far away . . .” (No they didn’t; but never mind.) in EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Hard to think of a better way for Paul McCartney to celebrate his 80th birthday than by singing “Glory Days” onstage with Bruce … Continue reading McCartney at 80: ”Something” & “Yesterday”
NOTE: In 2017, when one North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Quakers collapsed after years of infighting (the other NCYM survived; but that’s another story) several of the surviving Meetings (which had been targeted as, pardon the foul language, “liberals” during the squabble), came together and formed a loose successor association. After much to-ing and fro-ing … Continue reading Oh, No! The “Fellowship of Friends” Is NOT a Kook California Doomsday Cult — Oh, Wait!
AP News: GOP, Dem Senate bargainers divided over gun deal details BY ALAN FRAM — June 16, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic and Republican senators were at odds Thursday over how to keep firearms from dangerous people as bargainers struggled to finalize details of a gun violence compromise in time for their self–imposed deadline of … Continue reading Gun Reform Bill Wobbles, Misses Deadline. Surprised?
Rockets and artillery dictate policy on Ukraine Gwynne Dyer — Jun 16 2022 Gwynne Dyer is a UK-based Canadian journalist and long-time commentator on international affairs. OPINION: How would we know if the United States is deliberately starving Ukraine of weapons in order to force it into a compromise peace settlement that leaves some Ukrainian … Continue reading Ukraine: Now to the “Drip-Drip” War?
[NOTE: It pains me to be hoping this opinion column is correct. I’m new to the business of promoting wars. But here I am, still rooting for Ukraine to avoid the destruction and erasure planned for it and its people by Putin, and knowing no other way. No surprise that I’m also thinking today of … Continue reading Ukraine: Not Losing, But Not Winning