A Startling expert report on how China is beating the virus in Wuhan: “The WHO [World Health Organization] sent 25 international experts to China and here are their main findings after 9 days. (Here is the link to the WHO press conference in YouTube: https://youtu.be/-o0q1XMRKYM ) An examination of 44,672 infected people in China showed … Continue reading World Health Org Experts on How China is Beating Corona Virus
My onetime colleague Joe Klein gets this right: I too was among many angry youth (even worse, an angry young Quaker) who despised Establishment Democrat Hubert Humphrey in 1968. I remember hearing Dr. King’s close aide Andrew Young pleading with an angry college crowd to vote for Hubert Humphrey. Young made two memorable points: “Some … Continue reading Remembering the 1968 Election: Politics, Snakes & Snakes
Dear SAYMA, Recently I received an invitation to propose a workshop for SAYMA 2020 this June. [NOTE: SAYMA is the Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting & Association; it has member meetings in North & South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, West Virginia & Kentucky.] I have many fond memories of lively workshops and rich Quaker fellowship … Continue reading A Sad Yearly Meeting Report: SAYMA Is Not Safe
On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2020, the Washington Post ran an engaging story of two independent-minded women who faced down the CIA and won. That’s our first story: The two women were Florence Thorne and Margaret Scattergood. The Post: Five thousand square feet, wide windows, a grand staircase, a front porch with a panoramic view … Continue reading Two Stories of Quaker Women: One True, One (Maybe) Fiction
Here’s a speculation: For three years, Trump has been singling out American military commanders and lower-ranking troops and treating them like dirt. He’s also elevated some dirt bags, like the Navy Seal prisoner-killer he pardoned, who was hated by his own team members. He’s toyed with whole units, sending them on phony-baloney, embarrassing “missions” to … Continue reading Trump & the Troops: Is the Party Over?