Over 100 years ago, W.E.B. DuBois tried to get us to realize that "this world has never taken the education of children seriously" and that "practical immortality [can be achieved] through the endless life of children's children". That can only occur by
In 1826, Mary Shelley pointed out, in no uncertain terms, the counter-productive nature of youth prisons. She wanted her readers to understand that these institutions didn't improve the morals of young, developing minds, but instead increased their hatred of society tenfold. Only recently have some states started
Yesterday we looked at a quote from Sophocles talking about how trauma can last for generations. One thing that can help begin the healing process is a return to some sense of normalcy and escape from reality. Eduardo Galeano tells us that, for much of the world, soccer can fulfill
Sophocles tried to tell us over 2000 years ago and Lula told us again yesterday, that when a people have been devastated like the Palestinians in Gaza, the ruin will crest on and on from one generation to the next. The saddest part is that it is not the gods
Trump is again going on about his arch (a monument to his great accomplishments). But as Mark Twain wrote, he doesn't need an arch, for his great deeds speak for themselves...he vetoed civil liberty...he vetoed everything the northern liberals approved of...he hugged traitors to his
Virginia Woolf pointed out that we cannot have intellectual freedom without access to material things. In her time, those things included a place to live, food to sustain you, and access to libraries and institutions of learning. Today, I would include the ability to freely share your ideas with others,
Ed Sheeran finally says some correct words about the situation in Gaza at one of his concerts. Unfortunately, it is too late to make amends for what his actions were last week and now he has probably pissed off a whole new group of people by speaking the truth. Still,
Hannah Vanbiber had an important summary of some of the reasons this has been an ugly week for women in sports, but I would like to focus on the bullet I have posted below. I can't believe we are still faced with this problem in 2026 and yet
I wanted to share a picture of all my flowers in bloom before the cold weather arrives and ends this cycle of growth. All of these flowers will come back next year and spread to new areas of my yard and hopefully my neighbors' yards. Ray Bradbury and I
Mark Twain tells us that every country has enough good people to form a republic if given the chance, even Russia. It just so happens that Alex Ovechkin isn't one of them. The news that we got today came as no surprise to anyone who has been paying
Jackie Robinson says it best, we don't owe any living person our souls, our integrity, and most especially our freedom of thought and speech. Those who think they have a right to restrain and repress these freedoms are mentally sick.
George Orwell once warned us that we all have a tendency to overestimate the amount of damage we cause to our enemies during an air raid and now it seems that the converse is also true. For months, most Americans assumed that Iran had done little to no damage to