Durham, North Carolina, and Selma, Alabama In the autumn of 2014, still settling into retirement in Durham, a question began nagging at me: was Barack Obama going to get shot in Selma Alabama the following March? Now stay with me: was I just being more than normally paranoid? The short answer is No. But what’s … Continue reading Saving Obama With Santa, In Selma 2015;
Adapted from Tell It Slant, by Emma Lapsansky-Werner, with Chuck Fager: For most of the three-plus centuries since the founding of Quakerism, Quakers had viewed the arts as snares and “distractions” from listening to the Word-of-the-Divine within. George Fox threw down the marker as early as 1678: All ye Poets, Jesters, rhimers, makers of Verses … Continue reading Tell It Slant — With Lemonade: A Book Launch at Haverford
AP News: Clyburn’s discussion of a ‘mini-primary’ fuels more talk of whether Biden should end his campaign. [NOTE: My first post on the great debate fallout freakout (After the Debate: Keep Calm. Chill the [Bleep] Out. Head Down, Beat Trump.) was posted on June 29. That was less than a week ago, but it seems … Continue reading Biden In Crisis: What Did Jim Clyburn Say? (And What about Bernie?)
Tell It Slant, Excerpt #6 [Chuck worked for the Postal Service from late 1985 to mid-1994. He first delivered mail on a rural route, then moved inside to work as a Mailhandler at a huge mail processing facility in Merrifield VA, an outer D.C. suburb. After four years of moving mail, there was a change]: … Continue reading Tell It Slant, Excerpt #6: Going Postal on EEO & Vietnam at USPS
Tell It Slant: Baring It All about The Elusive Nude Beach Gig; Plus, an Epiphany & After [In July, 1974, Chuck Fager’s first marriage failed. About a year later, his two young daughters were moved to the San Francisco area by their mother. Soon Chuck followed, to stay in close contact with them. ] … Continue reading “Tell It Slant” Excerpt #5: San Francisco & “Going Naked for a Sign “ — or at least a job