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Future Scattergood

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

(NOTE:  for non Quaker readers of this blog, Scattergood Friends School and Farm is a Quaker boarding high school in rural Iowa that many members of my family and I attended). Scattergood School and Farm’s financial crisis is stimulating a … Continue reading →

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Sunsets

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Jeff Kisling
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My terrorists: rich old white guys

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I barely recognize the United States today.  How did we squander a society based on freedom, equality and inclusion? Our government has become a tool for rich, conservative, white males and their companies, which pull in obscene amounts of money … Continue reading →

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Orlando / photos

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

No words for sorrow for Orlando. Photos help me.  Now that summer is nearly here, the spring photo album is pretty much complete for this year.   Link to online album:    Spring photos

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The Moral Integrity of Muhammad Ali

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I hope you will watch this video of Rabbi Michael Lerner’s speech at Muhammad Ali’s memorial service in Louisville.  He clearly describes the moral integrity of the life of Muhammad Ali. And he calls upon each of us to commit … Continue reading →

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Mass Transit News

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

As many of you know I decided to refuse to have a personal automobile about 40 years ago.  But in all that time it has been extremely frustrating that our society has not worked very hard to make it possible … Continue reading →

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Republicans and race

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Two important articles clearly articulate, as if we really didn’t know,  the racial strategy the Republican Party has created. As law professor Sheila Kennedy wrote in I’m Not a Racist!, Vote… it is actually racial attitudes that are behind Trump’s support, … Continue reading →

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Muhammad Ali and me

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Athletes are once again demonstrating leadership to call attention to, and demand change to stop injustice. It has been amazing to see kneeling during the national anthem, for which Colin Kaepernick was vilified, now supported by athletes and supporters of … Continue reading →

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Dictatorship

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday I reluctantly wrote about Donald Trump and received some criticism for doing so.  Quakers aren’t supposed to get involved in personalities. But yesterday’s events are causing me to write once again.  It is one thing to remain impartial when … Continue reading →

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Privileged Trump

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I would rather not write about Donald Trump.  But he is such a danger to our democracy and freedom, and is so adroit at deflecting criticism and concern, that it is important to tell the truth before it is too … Continue reading →

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