Several months ago, I wrote a short piece asking whether or not men still “admire, respect, and value the women who don’t chase after or toy with them.” The question spawned from various works of classic literature and movies such as Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, which finds the heroine’s quiet, non-attention-grabbing ways captivating the heart
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In the movie Gladiator, when Maximus enters the arena to boisterous cheers from the crowd, the jealous Commodus laments, “They embrace him like he’s one of their own.” His sister Lucilla responds, “The mob is fickle, brother. He’ll be forgotten in a month.” The mob is fickle. With these words, the character Lucilla succinctly expresses
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Could Brexit happen in the United States? Could we see something similar on this side of the Pond? Imagine the imperialism of the European Parliament and then place it beside the imperialism of the Federal Government. Imagine the way in which the European Court crushes the laws of the member states of the European Union
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When Benjamin Franklin deferred to Thomas Jefferson in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, he did so for multiple reasons. He wished to avoid the annoyance of being edited by the committee of the whole Continental Congress, as Jefferson was, to Jefferson’s great distress. Franklin sought to ensure the support of Jefferson’s Virginia for
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In her new book Balanced and Barefoot, occupational therapist Angela Hanscom makes some interesting observations about the state children are in today. She writes: “When I asked a few teachers about the play skills of children today compared to children thirty years ago, here is what one said: ‘There is less imaginary play. We used
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