William Hazlitt

Mary Lamb's Not-So-Gentle Madness

Carolyn Vega | Posted 06.21.2011

Carolyn Vega

William Hazlitt described Lamb as the most "reasonable woman" he ever knew. Reasonable seems an odd choice to describe a woman who, in a "fit of mania," killed her mother with a kitchen knife.

Can An Ordinary Person Enjoy A State Of Grace?

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Anne Naylor

Can we create the conditions in which we lead grace-full lives? Is it even possible to expect to live gracefully, with the world in so much chaos? My view is that there has never been a better time.