Articles, Speeches, and Letters to Newspaper Editors

[Each of the links below was written by a member of the Circleville Friends Worship Group.  These writings express the spiritual leading and concerns of their individual authors and are not intended to represent the views of the Circleville Friends Worship Group as a whole or of any other Quaker community.]   

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2005 - 2006

Read "Buck Thompson" -- by Brad Cotton 

Read "The Cost of War"  -- March 10, 2006 -- by Brad Cotton

Read "Thanks for Supporting Our Vigil -- September 2005 -- by Brad Cotton

Read "Dick Cheney's Remorse" -- Columbus Dispatch -- February 17, 2006 -- by Brad Cotton

2007

Read "We Became a Mob" -- January 18, 2007 -- by Brad Cotton

Read "Lobbying Reform Act" -- February 11, 2007 -- by Brad Cotton

Read "Letter From a Military Chaplain" - Text of a letter read by Brad Cotton 

at the Columbus Statehouse exhibit of Eyes Wide Open

Read "Something that Matters" -- June 21, 2007 -- by Lainey Ebright 

Read "Like Toys a Rich Kid Got for Christmas" -- June 25, 2007 -- by Brad Cotton

Read "Whose War Was He Fighting?" -- July 17, 2007 -- by Brad Cotton 

Read "Hate Crimes Legislation" -- August 7, 2007 -- by Brad Cotton

Read "Reflections on 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' " - September 15, 2007 -- by Brad Cotton

Read "Confusion, Concern, and Commitment" - October 27, 2007 - by Tom Kirdas

Read "Huck Finn" -- Oct. 17, 2007 -- by Brad Cotton

Read "Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and Universal Health Care" Dec. 12, 2007 - by Brad Cotton

2008

Read "Who Was Shot at Kent State?" -- May 12, 2008 -- by Brad Cotton

Read "Torture Is a Moral Issue" -- June 18, 2008 -- by Brad Cotton

Read "All Quiet on the Iraqi Front" -- August 6, 2008 -- by Brad Cotton

Read "Is Abortion the Only Faith Issue?"  -- August 22, 2008 -- by Brad Cotton