<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Today's Issues group is meeting at 9:30 on Sunday morning in the Parlor of the Religious Education Building next to the church.  This Sunday, November 7, we will be discussing two articles focusing on Joe Manchin, West Virginia politics and the crisis in American politics today.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">We have three short suggested readings from the NY Times, copies are attached to this email.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Paul Krugman, "<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/opinion/joe-manchin-biden-climate-child-care.html" target="_blank">Joe Manchin vs. West Virginia,</a>" from the New York Times, October 18.   <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hiDa68voHmexnWSjyY3QibZBn0weChAANh5qaltohKI/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> Google Docs version</a>.  <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Jon Gringspan, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/opinion/normal-politics-gilded-age.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqohlSFUZCibSRdkhrxqAwv7I2rk1gjrmKyyUVTdJ1KEaAoyM9kuIbKVuIdsv2jDRDPlwDIgSft0ghOlOIx4qDACyvpqPnJlCLX8--NK4BW5z0ZnGAvVlrW_gK2Owcbw6muDu4BvaOmm8XqaLwmRhcFg-2eZtclCu2nIIxK7XQKUiipQlg6BXVt0tTiwAZSKJo_HqFx98Xd2GZR3b4QEzMPpLDXCRxZXPruJdL3gBTA7OX3h94m4j6NtDONlxPK33KxIoeMuWkqyErUfRZF3ePRxeTAO9fayo&smid=url-share" target="_blank">"What We Did the Last Time We Broke America</a>," New York Times, October 29, 2021.  <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uJa41G3jhbBGkHnWOQ-5-Y3wIjHOQj4jQDmAJjl2JIE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> Google Docs Versio</a>n</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s09EYtTO8qCg7G_ULv3beQkIH2UG1XGOAFxtr4NTWRM/edit?usp=sharing">Bruised at Polls, Democrats Look at Their Missteps</a><br>By Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, NY Times  November 4<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Please join our lively discussion, all are welcome.</div></div>