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The Quaker Model of Skeptical Unity


I’ve been trying to think through a response to the violent rioting and murder in the Muslim world that was sparked by… of all things… a cartoon. As I opened Bloglines this morning, I found this little editorial that summed up how I’ve been feeling:
WorkingForChange-Free speech vs. fascism

It finishes with:
That doesn’t mean I want [...]

Great Big Holes


I live in El Monte, California, right next to a fairly massive quarry that has torn away the mountains we live under and dug away the earth below us. One of the biggest holes has been dug away at for decades and is still awe inspiring every time I drive past it (which is [...]