A Friendly Letter

Shrinking China: A Desperate Wave of Nonviolent “Civil Disobedience”

Washington Post China’s collapsing birth and marriage rates reflect a people’s deep pessimism Opinion by Nicholas Eberstadt  [Excerpts] — February 28, 2023 China is in the midst of a quiet but stunning nationwide collapse of birthrates. This is the deeper, still largely overlooked, significance of the country’s 2022 population decline, announced by Chinese authorities last … Continue reading Shrinking China: A Desperate Wave of Nonviolent “Civil Disobedience” →

Quote of the Day: Tom Friedman on the Top Two Crises

[NOTE: Tom Friedman interrupts his New York Times column today, which is about Ukraine & Israel, to quote a jibe he’s hearing often these days]: Hey, Friedman, all you seem to write about these days is Ukraine and Israel. Don’t you have anything else to say?

AFSC Impostor Scandal Going National & Viral

Brief: More AFSC Fallout from Philly: USAToday & the New York Post have stories & videos up about the AFSC Fake DEI [Diversity, Equity & Invlusion] kerfuffle. They may only be online, but The NYPost has run 2 or 3 stories, and both “papers” have broad social media readership. There’s no news in these reports, … Continue reading AFSC Impostor Scandal Going National & Viral →

Our Turn Almost Came. Twice.

A question: are you among the Americans who wonder often, maybe every morning: Will It Be My Turn Today? Our Turn? ”Our Turn” for — ? You know: Our Turn for — what else?

Next Tuesday: The “Separation Generation” Discussion on March 7

The Separation Generation: Discussion – March 7 at ESR & on Zoom 6-8PM EST To register FREE Today, Click here. From 2007 to 2018, five U. S. Yearly Meetings split apart —one disappeared completely, after 320 years. This was the broadest, most disruptive wave of separations since 1827. Five years later, several much larger denominations … Continue reading Next Tuesday: The “Separation Generation” Discussion on March 7 →