A**holes & Rabble Rousers: Comments for Jon Watts
Some thoughts on Quaker musician Jon Watts and his interview in the Fifth Month issue of Friends Journal . . . .
Bogus Baloney On Quaker “Growth” From FWCC and Friends Journal
In its May issue, Friends Journal published a sloppy, unprofessional article on Quaker membership trends that does a major disservice to its readers and Friends generally. (Not online when this was posted.) Here are key quotes from the article, which is an interview with FWCC US staff: In North America, FWCC has reported a decrease … Continue reading Bogus Baloney On Quaker “Growth” From FWCC and Friends Journal
The Road To Columbine: A True Story
One day in my junior year of high school, I discovered that my stomach muscles were unusually strong. Here’s how I found this out: Jamie, whose locker was a couple down from mine, came into the locker room, grabbed me by the shirt, slammed me up against my locker, and punched me in the stomach. … Continue reading The Road To Columbine: A True Story
Spring CIA Torture Cleanup In NC April 20, 2013
Cleaning Up Torture in North Carolina In Spring a (not so) young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of . . . cleaning up the legacy of torture taxi flights from North Carolina. On April 20, 2013, that meant heading out to Smithfield, where a CIA front company called Aero Contractors is barricaded at the … Continue reading Spring CIA Torture Cleanup In NC April 20, 2013
Drawing Lines, Crossing Lines: Separations Among Friends, and Particularly in Indiana. Or: It Couldn’t Happen Here, Right? Right??
I Several years ago, two plain Friends from Ohio Conservative Yearly Meeting (OYM) visited North Carolina Yearly Meeting Conservative (NCYMC). I believe one of them was Seth Hinshaw, who is now their YM Clerk, along with a woman companion. They came bearing a proposal that they wished NCYMC to receive and endorse. In it was … Continue reading Drawing Lines, Crossing Lines: Separations Among Friends, and Particularly in Indiana. Or: It Couldn’t Happen Here, Right? Right??