By Suzanne Rhodes, special to Statehouse Report | An arm of the U.S. Department ofEnergy (DOE) is proposing to build plutonium pits for bombs at its Aiken Savannah RiverSite (SRS). The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), whose mission is in part, “toreduce the global danger from weapons of mass destruction” claims an urgent need forboth…
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Sad News: Obituary for Laura C. Townes
Laura Clare (Johnson) Townes, 93, wife of the late George Franklin Townes, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. Born in New Haven, CT, she was the daughter of the late Charles Harvey Johnson and Faustina Beede Johnson. She was a 1946 graduate, summa cum laude, of Swarthmore College in PA, where she received a BA…
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The Lighthouse
A tiny light is kept behind a glass A shutter swings and squeaks against the wind The stone is wrapped in vines, and weeds, and rain At sea, the ships toss and tack, looking out For light to guide them from the rocks, towards home. Alone, asleep, the keeper lays, wrapped up Against the cold,…
Parker Palmer on Violence
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Quakers stress silent prayer, nonviolence, service Mark Hare Senior editor When the subject of his Quaker faith comes up in conversations with non-Quaker friends, there is some confusion, says Wolfgang “Wolf” Faust, 12, of Rochester. “They relate us to things like the Quaker Oats man,” says Wolf, who is a seventh-grader at McQuaid Jesuit High…
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