Vegas: the Beast & 7 Deadlies I admit that the tourist spectacle of Las Vegas, the very shamelessness of its gilt-edged tawdriness, stirs a certain repulsive fascination for me. But that aside, my sense of the city is that it combines a manifestation of the Beast of the Apocalypse with a showcase for the Seven Deadly … Continue reading A View of Vegas: the Beast & 7 Deadlies
Some Liberal Thoughts About Conservative Quakerism For as long as I’ve been among Friends, closing in on 50 years, there’s been a certain cachet to the Wilburite/Conservative (WC) strain, which
We Interrupt These Lenten Meditations for a Few Stray Words of Wisdom: I’ve not read any of Saul Bellow’s novels, or non-fiction either. But the following quote from a new book of his essays may force me to banish this ignorance. It comes out of his reflections on life & culture among the outwardly well-educated, … Continue reading wanting the Best of Everything: Including Opinions
Put A Friendly Woman on the $20 I like this. An online campaign has taken off to bounce old Andy Jackson off the $20 bill and replace him with a woman. “Women on 20s”
The Bible Is Dangerous. Too Dangerous To Ignore. I did a dangerous thing yesterday: I introduced a young adult to the Bible.