Not since 1827 have so many American yearly meetings split in such a short time. That 1827 struggle was so traumatic that a fully-researched study of it (Quakers In Conflict, by H. Larry Ingle) was not published until 1986, one hundred and forty-nine years afterward. This time, between 2003 and 2018, four YMs broke, and … Continue reading Presenting The Separation Generation: November 11
Colin Powell: His most memorable statement: In early 2003, during the rush to invade Iraq, Powell was told that then-president George W. Bush slept like a baby. Powell’s response was: In February, Powell read a speech at the U. N. Defending the invasion, a speech which was full of lies. What is missing: any … Continue reading Colin Powell: So Much Was Lost
On a road trip with daughter Molly. She too is a history buff. When we went to Richmond on Oct. 14, I was most eager to drive down fabled Monument Avenue, where a new history is overtaking a former one. For more than a century, Monument Avenue was famous for a parade of mounted Confederate leaders, … Continue reading Four New Views of Robert E. Lee: History Comes to Richmond
I hear about the messed up supply chain all the time. You know: the pandemic, a shutdown, an economic crash, China, the rollercoaster recovery, the Delta wave, etc., etc. I’ve written about it too, how our washer has been on the blink for ten months now, waiting for a small part, made in China, which … Continue reading Scaring the Shirt out of me: living with a busted supply chain