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What to Make of Trump’s Election

Posted on November 9, 2016 by

November 9, 2016 A friend writes this morning  “just wondering what your Quaker Friends are saying after this election?  I write her back: Well I’m wondering, too, what Quakers make of it and wondering even more what I make of … Continue reading →

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Streams

Posted on October 29, 2016 by

October 29, 2016 Of revenue, that is.  Streaming is overtaking other music formats, according to the Recording Industry of America. Source: BloombergView

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Seymour Chwast for Peace

Posted on October 21, 2016 by

October 21, 2016 A poster by Seymour Chwast for the  Hague “Appeal for Peace” conference, 1999. Courtesy Pushpin Gallery.

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Cormorant Fisherman by the Li River II

Posted on September 23, 2016 by

September 23, 2016 Cormorant Fisherman by the Li River II by Shan Huang

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All the Water on Planet Earth

Posted on September 12, 2016 by

September 12, 2016 Explanation: How much of planet Earth is made of water? Very little, actually. Although oceans of water cover about 70 percent of Earth’s surface, these oceans are shallow compared to the Earth’s radius. The featured illustration shows … Continue reading →

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Submitting to Those Claiming to Speak for God…

Posted on September 8, 2016 by

September 8, 2016 Among my regular reading is the blog Marginal Revolution that Tyler Cowen (Professor of Economics at George Mason University) writes with Alex Tabarrok.  Cowen often sees things differently than I do, but in a serious, interesting and … Continue reading →

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Not a Calvinist, If I Ever Was

Posted on July 11, 2016 by

July 11, 2016 On the Writer’s Almanac yesterday (July 10), Garrison Keillor noted the birthday of John Calvin, “theologian and ecclesiastical statesman.” I first knew Calvin as the founder of Presbyterianism, my earliest religious experience coming thorough Brighton Presbyterian Church … Continue reading →

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