<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Today's Issues group will meet in person in the RE building next to the church at 9:30 this Sunday, Feb 6 and also on Zoom at:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"> <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz09" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz09</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a>    Last week we had a participant from Mexico as well as one from the mountains of West Virginia.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">In person participants should be fully vaccinated and wear masks.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">We have two suggested readings:</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/15/what-is-happening-to-the-republicans" target="_blank">What's Happening to the Republicans</a>?  From The New Yorker.  This puts the current Republican politics in the context of the history of divisions in the Republican party.  </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine.html" target="_blank">Putin is Caught in a Trap of His Own Making</a>.  from The New York Times which argues that Putin has been bluffing in massing troops on the border of Ukraine and is in trouble because his bluff has been called.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Click on the links to access the readings.  The links are to the original publications, if you have trouble getting access let me know.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div></div></div></div>