tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post4111794762407882649..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: LINGUIST FRIEND ON THE DEATH OF FORMER CONGRESSMAN REV. ROBERT F. DRINANChalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-11092387872625705762007-02-10T16:04:00.000-05:002007-02-10T16:04:00.000-05:00Thank you, Kit. Drinan certainly deserved that I s...Thank you, Kit. Drinan certainly deserved that I should write carefully about him, at the least. I held onto this piece longer than I should have because I wanted to say more, but I finally decided that interested readers could easily find the obituaries. <BR/> LinguistFriendLinguistFriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02695715246663202212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-62140396916574867262007-02-10T15:06:00.000-05:002007-02-10T15:06:00.000-05:00What a wonderful tribute to a man of integrity and...What a wonderful tribute to a man of integrity and virtue, LF. And what a pleasure to read your beautifully styled prose: spellings correct, punctuation properly placed, no dangling participles or run-on sentences. Good writing is a delight.Lilylouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328027965155428624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-72348353408338972932007-02-10T13:45:00.000-05:002007-02-10T13:45:00.000-05:00Thank you. I did not know about that UU connection...Thank you. I did not know about that UU connection. <BR/> LinguistFriendLinguistFriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02695715246663202212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-18676206612160767662007-02-10T12:58:00.000-05:002007-02-10T12:58:00.000-05:00Drinan had very strong ties to the Unitarian Unive...Drinan had very strong ties to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, which Richard Scobie describes in his memoir, <A HREF="http://www.uua.org/bookstore/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=1606" REL="nofollow"><I>To Advance Justice</I></A>. Scobie mentions Drinan's work with the UUSC in bringing human rights abuses in Central America to Congress's attention in <A HREF="http://www.uuworld.org/ideas/articles/2729.shtml?cc" REL="nofollow">this</A> Spring 2006 <I>UU World</I> article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com