All posts by Chuck Fager

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 →

Maybe The Best Column I Never Read; Plus Many of the Best Typos

Washington Post From, “Behind a pseudonym, literary provocation” James Campbell’s ‘NB by J.C.’ brings together the columns of an incendiary cultural critic. . . . By Michael Dirda  – May 12, 2023 Even before catching up with the latest scholarly kerfuffle in the Letters column, readers of Britain’s Times Literary Supplement turn first to its … Continue reading Maybe The Best Column I Never Read; Plus Many of the Best Typos →