A Friendly Letter

Another Quaker Breakup: Indiana YM “Quits” FUM (Sort of)- Wants to Take Africa Missions With It

The total number of splits in American Quakerdom since 2000 has just gone from five to six. And signs of more trouble are on the horizon. Indiana Yearly Meeting (IYM), which saw eighteen of its meetings expelled or withdraw in 2013, has now pushed its separatism further by leaving Friends United Meeting. But IYM … Continue reading Another Quaker Breakup: Indiana YM “Quits” FUM (Sort of)- Wants to Take Africa Missions With It →

Gwynne Dyer: The Secret Life of BRICS

What’s BRICs? Does it Amount to Anything? Gwynne Dyer, August 31, 2023 What’s BRICs? Does it Amount to Anything? YOU can expand the curious organisation called the BRICS, but you can’t define it. In fact, it’s hardly even an organisation: no headquarters, no secretariat. Even the (British) Commonwealth and la Francophonie have more substance: at … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: The Secret Life of BRICS →

Move Over, Ron de Book Banner —Leftie Censors Are Even Worse

[NOTE: There’s unfortunately too much truth in this report to ignore. One implication is left unaddressed: it points to the increasing importance of independent publishing (typified but not limited to Amazon), OUTSIDE the increasingly hidebound and oppressive “legacy” publishing industry. PS. This report, alas, applies as well to much of Quaker publishing.] From The Bulwark.com … Continue reading Move Over, Ron de Book Banner —Leftie Censors Are Even Worse →

From the Onion (Satire): (Soon-To-Be) Peers Advise 45

Not The News: Listen Up, Donny!

In (& Out of) The Yard – Dog Days Update, With Some Smiles

Storms Are Around, So the Flowers Are Making the Most of It