New York Times Bernie Sanders: Joe Biden for President By Bernie Sanders Mr. Sanders is the senior senator from Vermont. July 13, 2024 I will do all that I can to see that President Biden is re-elected. Why? Despite my disagreements with him on particular issues, he has been the most effective president in the … Continue reading Bernie! Still All In (Critically) for Joe Biden
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
The Western Friend is continuing evidence (tho it’s still news to some) that there is lively Quaker periodical publishing outside Philadelphia. When the editor learned about Tell It Slant, she didn’t hesitate: Friend Mitchell Santine Gould’s review, the first, was included in its current online newsletter edition. Mitch is a distinguished independent historian with a … Continue reading “Tell It Slant”: The New Quaker Biography’s First Review Is Out!