<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span id="m_-4488422068014414751gmail-docs-internal-guid-e2a02b17-7fff-c287-f3f8-66eec15db4a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Today's Issues group meets at 9:30 on Sunday mornings in person in the parlor of the Religious Education buildings next to the church and on Zoom  at:  </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz09" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;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">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz0</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">    </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This Sunday,  November 1, 2022 our discussions will have two topics:  the election in Brazil and the crisis of masculinity.  Here are some readings:  The “End of Men” is a book excerpt and 16 pages of text.  The others are fairly short.  There are Google Docs files for the password protected items, these lack pictures but are easier to print.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-end-of-men/308135/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The End of Men - The Atlantic</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with illustrations.  </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WcFD8MFcTIOebC_wI4cUyh0t8EBtMrpbGP9D2MyOMgI/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Printable Google Docs</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (16 pages all text)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/30/world/brazil-presidential-election?name=styln-brazil-election&region=MAIN_CONTENT_2&block=storyline_latest_updates_recirc&action=click&pgtype=Article&variant=show&index=1#bolsonaros-allies-and-supporters-had-warned-of-fraud-then-they-begrudgingly-accepted-defeat" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;white-space:normal;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Brazil Elects Lula, a Leftist Former Leader, in a Rebuke of Bolsonaro - The New York Times (nytimes.com)</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:13pt;vertical-align:baseline">     P</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MKVpTZzibbUhPoV3o-iQ7iAPiSdJl7YpK8dsL8AP-dY/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;white-space:normal;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">rintable Google Docs File</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:13pt;vertical-align:baseline">.  </span>

</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/202006/is-masculinity-in-crisis-if-so-what-should-be-done" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Is Masculinity in Crisis? If So, What Should Be Done? | Psychology Today</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  This opens without a password.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/opinion/crisis-men-masculinity.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Opinion | The Crisis of Men and Boys - The New York Times (nytimes.call. om)</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">     </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XozomYL_VK3HpVEtVbp0RN0CRQ8_-nHtoeYBdVPPAIc/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Google Docs File </span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  A brief op-ed by David Brooks</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/josh-hawley-masculinity-obsession-1254776/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Josh Hawley’s Masculinity Obsession Is the Most Pathetic Culture War – Rolling Stone</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">   This opens without a password.  This is short and has a link to a YouTube.</span></p><br><br><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In addition, here is a link to a </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1G1ZY-OApndKvkWe7DafTBji5O6GUGyzGA92Z2_OUitk/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Slide Presentation on the Brazilian Election</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> that I prepared for a Learning in Retirement Class.  Lots of pictures. This isn’t for Today’s Issues, but if it raises some questions we could discuss them.</span></span><br></div></div>