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With Malice toward None, Charity toward All

For a while after Jack Powelson’s article entitled "Why I am Leaving Quakers" (FJ April 2002) came out, a number… Anna Poplawska

Seeking Better Solutions

When I look at the line-up of articles this month, I’m reminded that Truth is complex. The best solutions to… Susan Corson-Finnerty

A Visit to Israel by a Quaker Jew Born in Palestine

For years I vowed never to return to Palestine, my birthplace, because, as a Jew—albeit a secular Jew—I felt a… Stanley Zarowin

Failure to Disperse

When I woke up that morning, I had no intention of getting arrested. I coaxed myself out of bed, drank… Melinda E. Glines

Preparing for Hard Times

As I write, I’ve just returned from the Friends General Conference Gathering in Johnstown, Pa., where we collectively spent a… Susan Corson-Finnerty

Let Us Be Peace

One needn’t have an appreciation of the esoteric or a feeling for energy fields to perceive the palpable present anguish… Susan Corson-Finnerty

Addressing Our Dependence on Fossil Fuels

Most of us have reaped the benefits of an economy powered by fossil fuel. There is no need to list… Kim Carlyle and Sandra Lewis

To Friends Journal Readers: A Response

I am grateful to have been able to follow the debate over my remarks that were printed in Friends Journal… Scott Simon

Torture a Few to Save Many?

Should the United States resort to torture in defending against terrorism? Suppose a man is in custody who knows where… Malcolm Bell

A Focus on the Present

This month’s lineup of articles has me quite excited for a variety of reasons. "The Faces of ‘Collateral Damage’" (p.… Susan Corson-Finnerty

Pioneering the Possibilities

Recognition of the true nature of the world’s physical and spiritual problems requires the awareness of both where we are,… Curtis Johnson

The Faces of ‘Collateral Damage’

I am a public health physician. In January I participated in a ten-day emergency mission to Iraq, sponsored by the… Charlie Clements
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