Family Friendly Entertainment: Let’s Make Our Own An abridged version of this essay originally appeared in Technorati Women. Technorati Women [http://technorati.com/women/] recently convened an important conversation about finding online resources that provide responsibly stimulating programming for progressive families. The Problem We Face We all have learned how difficult it is to locate suitable family sites …
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Sep 26
The Disease of Conceit
There’s a whole lot of people suffering tonight From the disease of conceit – Bob Dylan The Tea Party/CNN Republican Presidential Debate was conducted on September 12, 2011. The Fox News/Google iteration followed on September 22nd. I’ve watched both contests again and again, always with fascination and sorrow. Fascination at the passion, pageantry, and predictability …
Mar 14
Parenting In Our Time
This article was first published as Parenting In Our Time on Technorati. Introduction For more than forty years I’ve taught literature, history, consciousness, and writing as a senior teacher and administrator in major American and Asian universities, and in progressive preschools and schools. In part because of the subjects I teach, in part because …
Oct 11
Jane Austen in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
“If I Were Determined To Get a Rich Husband”: Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Austen, and the Life of the Common Human Routine ‘Your plan is a good one, where nothing is in question but the desire of being well married; and if I were determined to get a rich husband, or any husband, I …
Feb 03
What Children Need – Part 1
– I am, a stride at a time. [James Joyce, Ulysses] For more than forty years, I have taught literature, history, consciousness, and writing as a senior teacher and administrator in schools and universities. In the context of these profound and elemental fields of learning, students of all ages often have confided in me with …
Dec 19
Signs of the Times
– There is still a real magic in the action and reaction of minds on one another. [Thomas Carlyle] In 1829, a young man from Scotland published an essay entitled Signs of the Times. Carlyle was unknown, and seemingly ill-equipped for consequence or celebrity. Yet the essay seemed to all who read it …
Mar 12
“Who Made Me?”: The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill
“Who Made Me?”: The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill -The question “Who Made Me?” cannot be answered. A version of this essay first appeared in Prose Studies (London, Frank Cass), v. 5, September 1982, No. 2. WordPress does not support footnotes. I have attached a link following the essay’s conclusion. The link will take you …
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