Monthly Archives: October 2017

Sanity and Rationality in the Cuban Missile Crisis

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Philip E Jenks

October 20, 2018 – Fifty-six years ago today, President John F. Kennedy announced he had a cold. He certainly looked the part. He went so far as to be photographed wearing a hat and overcoat, and he twisted his features … Continue reading →

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#IKnew

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Philip E Jenks

#MeToo. The response of thousands of women to Harvey Weinstein’s serial abuse of females should come as no surprise to us guys. Harvey and his evil ilk are everywhere, and if we have not been him we quietly rolled our … Continue reading →

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John Woolman, the Great Muslin Hope

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Philip E Jenks

October 19, 2017 – John Woolman, the itinerate Quaker mystic who spread his peaceful witness throughout Colonial New Jersey in the mid 18th century, was born 295 years ago today. Woolman became one of my heroes when I was a … Continue reading →

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