by Wayne Finegar | Oct 20, 2021 | Military, News
This is an extended version of the article by Chuck Fager, former Quaker House Director, printed in our Fall 2021 newsletter, HomeFront. It was easy to be skeptical about the pledges last winter by the newly minted Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin, III, that he would...
by Wayne Finegar | Sep 23, 2019 | and the Environment, Counseling Program at Quaker House, Fiftieth Anniversary, Military, Moral Injury, Our History and Work
When Quaker House celebrated its 50th Anniversary on September 21, 2019, with a special event in Fayetteville, many of the former directors and a few people who had been helped by or associated with Quaker House in the past attended as special guests. Monisha Rios was...
by Wayne Finegar | Sep 22, 2019 | Fiftieth Anniversary, News
Fayetteville Observer article by Rodger Mullen, published Sept. 22, 2019 When Donald Trump staged a rally in the Crown Expo Center on Sept. 9, both supporters and opponents of the president gathered outside. A few miles away, a smaller demonstration took place. About...
by Wayne Finegar | Nov 21, 2018 | War and Use of Military Force
Artificial intelligence in war weapons rarely makes it into the news. Yet, it requires our careful attention because it is already part of international and national lawmaking. The United Nations (UN) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on the Convention on Certain...
by Wayne Finegar | Nov 20, 2018 | Counseling Program at Quaker House
You might think I made a mistake with the title of this article, as it contradicts itself, but read on, and I will explain. Many people have a preconceived notion of what a “battered woman” looks like—poor, several children, high school education or GED, submissive,...