Carmen Nanko-Fernández

1 week ago | commonwealmagazine.org | Carmen Nanko-Fernández |Stephen Pope |George Scialabba |Helen Rouner

In its campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion, the Trump campaign is intent on imposing cultural amnesia. The president’s March executive order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” made clear his intent to delete from the national memory all that is unsettling, shameful, and sinful.

Apr 24, 2024 | commonwealmagazine.org | Carmen Nanko-Fernández |Peter Quinn |Alexander Stern |George Scialabba

In the opening monologue of the Ron Shelton film Bull Durham, baseball groupie Annie Savoy proclaims her allegiance to the “church of baseball.” She explains, “I prefer metaphysics to theology. You see, there’s no guilt in baseball, and it’s never boring, which makes it like sex.” Such words could easily be imagined coming from the mouth of Pete Rose.