All posts by Chuck Fager

Foul Ball — Dodgers drop, then Re-Invite Drag “nuns” to their Pride Night: Two Views

Baseball team apologizes to Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence after removing group from event amid conservative opposition The Guardian staff and agencies — 23 May 2023 The Los Angeles Dodgers announced that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a well-known San Francisco order of queer and trans “nuns” that has existed since the 1970s, are once … Continue reading Foul Ball — Dodgers drop, then Re-Invite Drag “nuns” to their Pride Night: Two Views →

Quakerism by The book: A Tribute to Tom Hamm And A Call To His Successor Quaker Historians

Thomas Hamm was the subject of many tributes and high praise at Earlham College this month, as he retired from more than three decades as a professor of Quaker history and director of the school’s noted archives, built around an extensive Quaker collection. I was among those who gathered during the weekend of May … Continue reading Quakerism by The book: A Tribute to Tom Hamm And A Call To His Successor Quaker Historians →

To The Young Dude In His Dancing Duds – May 16, 2023

Cue The Byrds: (And the rest of you, open your Bibles to Ecclesiastes 3): To everything, (Turn, turn, turn), There is a season, (Turn, turn, turn), And a time for every purpose under heaven. A time to build up, a time to break downA time to dance, a time to mourn . . . To … Continue reading To The Young Dude In His Dancing Duds – May 16, 2023 →

Syria’s Butcher is Welcomed Back by the Arab League

Syria’s Bashar Assad is being rehabilitated by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist – May 15, 2023 “There is no such word as ‘auto-genocide,’ but that would describe what Assad has done to his own country over the past 12 years.” There is no justice. Bashar al-Assad, the murderous Syrian dictator whose membership even the Arab League … Continue reading Syria’s Butcher is Welcomed Back by the Arab League →

News Flash: DEI Is Now DEI-B

For those who are keeping up with the continuing labor for racial justice, the wheel has turned again; at least on the long and winding road of au courant vocabulary and jargon. The announcement came in The New York Times, which means it must be so. The headline was, “Why Some Companies Are Saying ‘Diversity … Continue reading News Flash: DEI Is Now DEI-B →