EMMA: He always liked to have a fire. Especially when all three of us were up late at night. He said a fire made it seem like there were more of us. (laughing dully) He used to wish so for brothers and sisters. (A silence. She pokes the...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the...
The choice of qualities of a nation’s heroes is a reliable index to that nation’s health. This is particularly true of political heroes rather than poets or actors or even the first men on the moon.
More people observe and study birds than any other class of (nonhuman) animals. This prompts the question, why? Apparently the answer has been taken as too obvious to call for much thought.
A factory-like late Victorian granite and brick structure known as Jonas Clark Hall dominates the old central campus of Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Right outside the main office of the psychology department on the third...
In March of 1970 Senator Roman Hruska, Republican of Nebraska, supported the nomination of Judge Carswell to the Supreme Court by commenting: “Even if he were mediocre, there are lots of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are...
The intimate reciprocal relation which John Dewey discerned between education and politics is significantly illustrated by the developing situation in Micronesia. This thought came repeatedly to my mind while I was in the Trust Territory of...
