The Danes are a practical people living within the limits of a limited world.
No water
My plight is not so dire as what will face all of us when our water really is gone.
The Judy
Her life has been full of difficulties but she has made or forced her way through, never using excuses, always questioning why the art world, which has been so cruel to her until very recently, diminishes the importance of women’s art.
Those Words Are Weapons
A crucial question from a congressman: “Is this America?”
Guilty Until Proved Innocent…
Does fearlessness on the part of girls and young women cancel judgement and common sense?
Colors of the World
We are rounding the curve and coming into the homestretch—as we often do, both as individuals and as a culture—in the race toward what I’ll call SUPERSENSITIVITY rather than its usual and somewhat discredited name, Political Correctness.
I Speak for Democracy
I, along with thousands of other teenagers, did “speak for democracy” in a laboriously fashioned essay, presented on the radio, and winning me a prize—a black and white TV set my parents insisted that I return.
Murder in Mississippi
I know what to expect of Rockwell’s art, or I thought I did: homey sentimental depictions of an America that no longer exists and perhaps never did.
Staying Put
I still don’t want to go anywhere but if I go I want it to be on a train.
Voluntary Shared Abundance
As often the case with big gatherings (on Zoom or otherwise), there is often one phrase that stands out.