Terrorism is universal in all cultures, in all traditions, in all times. Terrorism is only a means not an end, in human behavior.  When other means are not perceived as effective, terrorism is among the final options.  The only way to…

Richard Nephew, The Art of Sanctions: A View from the Field (2018) is a practitioner’s guide to applying pain…

The message of the 2013 book, Justin Meggitt, Early Quakers and Islam: Slavery, Apocalyptic and Christian-Muslim Encounters in the Seventeenth Century   …

How do Quakers apologize for historic personal wrongs?  How do Quakers learn from their historic wrongs that are part of their tradition and face similar challenges today?  The new book, Brian Regal and Frank Esposito…

What can grandparents give to grandchildren, beyond contributions to 529 Plans for education or reading stories? An answer is the gift of the big and the little.  And the scope of the big to the little is best explained in the new book…

Most all Quakers in the U.S.are established in the category of the global wealthy and embrace the justifications for that wealth as described in this book for their financial means.  For Quakers, this book, Rachel Sherman, …

Part of being human is retirement, since retirement is only a moniker of later life transitions. Retirement is universal for all geographies and cultures, with a wide variety in roles and traditions for retirement.  As we do in our…

Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn were major chroniclers of 17 th …

If you are looking for a deeper understanding of elder care at the end of life, this book, Amy Ziettlow and Naomi Cahn, Homeward Bound: Modern Families, Elder Care, and Loss …

Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (2012) is an angry and illuminating description of the current…