What did the billboard below have to do with Friday the 13th in August 2021? I’m aware that nobody has asked me that, but bear with me a bit. Let’s take a glance back, to fifteen years ago, 2011: then one Harold Camping was a radio preacher from Oakland, California, who had figured IT out. … Continue reading Nostalgia, Judgment Days & AI Hallucinations
Jim Corbett was a fascinating guy, but like all of us he had his faults. In his amazing first book, he way overdid the self-deprecation: ”Goatwalking is a book for saddlebag or backpack —to live with a while, casually. It is compact and multifaceted, but for unhurried reflection rather than study. It is woven from … Continue reading Let’s Go Goatwalking, Friends
Eight years ago today, Eighth Month 5, 2017, some Friends in North Carolina Yearly Meeting (FUM) got their wish: They got rid of the “liberals” in the body. Out went New Garden Meeting in Greensboro; Jamestown just south of there; Greensboro First Friends; and even tiny Spring Meeting, in the pastures and woods of south … Continue reading Un-Happy Anniversary, Friends
He did it: Officer Hodges went there — he used that taboo word. The “T” word. Again & again. Testimony: Officer Daniel Hodges, Metropolitan Police Department, excerpts from testimony July 27, 2021, before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. [Source: the Select Committee] Good morning to the … Continue reading One Officer’s January 6 Testimony: “Terrorists pushed through the line and engaged us in hand-to-hand combat.”
Privilege and the Shooting Outside Nationals Park By Jonathan V. Last I’d like to tell you a story. On Saturday I took my 13-year-old son, Flash, to the ballpark to see the Nationals and the visiting San Diego Padres. Here’s the view from our seats as the most exciting player in baseball took the field: … Continue reading Saturday Night at the Ballpark. With Kids. Oh — and Guns.