Category Archives: Signs of the Times

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 →

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 →

More On Limiting What Authors Can Write About

Limiting what novelists can write about won’t help readers [Blogger’s Comments In Red.] Washington Post — Opinion by Kathleen Parker  — May 12, 2023 “Fiction is where I go to tell the truth,” the late, great Pat Conroy once said. In his acclaimed novels, Conroy cut close to the bone, exposing human truths that … Continue reading More On Limiting What Authors Can Write About →

Cartoons & The Latest Bad/Good Southern Baptist News

News Update: Debt ceiling “negotiations” continue . . . And Rep. George Santos Keeps Working With His Mentor . . . . A preview of the campaign strategy . . . Speaking of George Santos, he was carefully accessorized when he arrived at his office on Tuesday. But when arrested shortly after, the AR-15 … Continue reading Cartoons & The Latest Bad/Good Southern Baptist News →

Changing a System: A Police Chief Confronts a Neo-Nazi Cop

[NOTE: In the post featuring “TUD” (The Unforgettable Diagram) about racism and its roots, the “stick person” of individual attitudes and actions was surrounded (embedded?) by many systems, which showed the impact of racism, and in may ways preserved and reproduced it; and both were enclosed (imprisoned?) in the larger encompassing culture.