Jane Austen Takes No Prisoners
Austen excelled at wielding the skewer. Lady Catherine de Bourgh is an obvious example in Pride and Prejudice. But the book holds worse.
Austen excelled at wielding the skewer. Lady Catherine de Bourgh is an obvious example in Pride and Prejudice. But the book holds worse.
Andrew Pessin | Posted 05.25.2011
Actions do speak louder than words: they reflect what we really believe. And most religious believers regularly engage in actions inconsistent with genuine religious belief. So they must not really believe after all.
Terry Kelhawk | Posted 05.25.2011
Obviously life is full of offense. We can't legislate good taste or make everything that offends everyone illegal. Freedom of speech entails the freedom to offend. But that doesn't mean we have to offend.
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
In order for any group to come up with ideas that are smarter than its members, it must have a wide range of diverse viewpoints.
Alex Henry | Posted 05.25.2011
I was not far into Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch by Henry Miller, but I was sufficiently delighted by what I had read that I decided I must visit this place.
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011
I no longer expect myself to be perfect. Instead, I borrow the verb form of that word. I definitely expect myself to be perfecting at all times.
Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011
In words that I can only describe as abominably ignorant, a number of state legislators and others have said the following regarding President Obama's...
Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011
There is a lot of bad news around. No news in that. Does it get to you? I limit the amount of news I read, hear or watch because it gets me down. B...
Alex Henry | Posted 11.17.2011
What might happen if the entire world tried switching from coffee to tea for, say, a week?
Muhammad Sahimi | Posted 05.25.2011
As a follower of Christ, Obama should set the record straight about the injustice that has been done to true Islam in this country.
Lev Raphael | Posted 11.19.2011