To: Jesus, or his Rep out West From: Chuck Fager Re: Need some Leads Look, JC, I know you’re busy, but this: I heard from a nice young family in one of the big cities out there, one of those in the middle of the desert. It’s a familiar story: she’s creamy, he’s dark chocolate, … Continue reading Memo To Jesus: A Friend needs to find a church. Do you Deliver?
One plague this year wasn’t enough: Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting, gathering this week by Zoom, is facing another one: a fever of panic and hysteria over charges of — wait for it — racism. First, though, the vector of SAYMA’s resurgent malady isn’t a lab or wet market in China. Rather, it’s a familiar figure, Sharon … Continue reading Another Sad Season for SAYMA
In the May 30, 2021 New York Times, there was an Op-Ed on military conscientious objectors, or COs. It was gratifying to see it on the brink of Memorial Day. It showed no disrespect for those who agreed to fight and died in war to recognize that a persistent minority has declined to take the … Continue reading Memorial Day for Those Who Said No & the Innocents
From “Happy Valley” to Supermax? Graham Spanier is going to jail. Spanier was the longtime president of Penn State University (PSU), who was toppled in the notorious Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal in 2011 and 2012. Sandusky was a veteran PSU assistant football coach, and in 2012 he was convicted of 45 counts of sexually … Continue reading Penn State Ex-Pres Headed to Jail: Was PSU’s Secrecy Also a Perp There?
I haven’t forgotten the unexpected deaths of Friends David Zarembka & his wife Gladys Kamonya in Kenya, at the turn of March into April of 2021. Now there’s a report that suggests that COVID deaths there are numerous, and the total is likely much higher than is suggested by the meager available statistics. The New … Continue reading How Many More Kenyan Quakers Have Died of COVID?