Lansdowne Friends Meeting and Lansdowne Friends School hosted a national conference of conscientious war tax resisters the weekend of May 13-15. There were about 30 attendees – 20 from around the country and 10 local. The conference included (more…)
May 23, 2016
May 9, 2016
What is new this year, and the endless cycle of birth and death.
Baby Jasper at Dan Berrigan's wake
It’s been a while since last posting. What is new? (Hint – this post is going to relate to family and the recent death of Daniel Berrigan.) Some things are ongoing – I could describe the usual actions with Brandywine Peace Community, including civil disobedience (more…)
April 12, 2016
Sexuality and Aging
Is Senior Sex an oxymoron? Not at all, although naturally there are some changes in sexuality associated with aging. Changes can be (more…)
October 14, 2015
“Is that a drone on that car?”
I have a drone model on the roof of my car when I am at Villanova. I park in front of the monastery, next to the chapel. This is a busy spot for students, and it is on the tour route for prospective students. As the picture shows, my drone gets attention. Signs in the windows read “Stop drone killing” and “Money for education, not war.”
April 6, 2015
Faithfulness on Good Friday.
In the paddy wagon again
Good Friday is significant for me as I see the teachings and life of the inspired Jesus culminating at this time. The day is particularly meaningful for me through my attendance at the annual Good Friday demonstrations at Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest war profiteer (more…)
March 28, 2015
West Point conference on the Ethics of War (an oxymoron).
I attended a two-day Ethics of War conference held at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. I was the sole pacifist in attendance, and my attendance was publicly acknowledged at a plenary session. I had some concern about attending, (more…)
February 14, 2015
“What would you do?” Building alternative communities, including chickens and bees.
Bee-built comb from one of our top bar hives.
Much of this blog is concerned with criticism of national and international events. One might ask “Well, what do you propose?” If I could answer that to people’s satisfaction, I’d be at the White House and UN, not typing this post. On the other hand, it is a reasonable question and I have some ideas that I am testing. I am working toward (more…)
January 10, 2015
Martin Luther King and Lockheed Martin (when will they learn?)
Today I was at the Martin Luther King Demonstration at Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest war profiteer and nuclear weapons manufacturer. I was attempting to read King’s Riverside Church speech to employees and police in their driveway. — but as pictures show, only got partway. Here is a sample of what they don’t want to hear at Lockheed Martin: “I knew that I could never again (more…)
September 18, 2014
Multinational corporations pay/bribe/finagle other corporations to not compete, and so they lay off workers.
I noticed in Macy’s recently that almost all of their furniture is imported from the Far East. On-line investigation showed that this is representative of American furniture sellers today. Whatever happened to all those manufacturers in our South? Mostly gone. CORRECTION, they are not hiring or manufacturing but many of those corporations still exist, often collecting money from China for NOT manufacturing. As this Washington Post article points out, (more…)
August 6, 2014
Hiroshima Day Civil Disobedience, 2014
Today was the usual Hiroshima Day demonstration at Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest war profiteer and nuclear weapons’ manufacturer. Did my usual Civil Disobedience, although a bit different this time. FIRST, instead of (more…)