Given the dismal quality of history education these days, and the even more dismal state of discourse on this subject beyond pop trivia, it is likely most people will commemorate the end of World War One by going to the mall for a “Veterans’ Day Sale” as if that was all 12 million dead in cheese
“My candle burns at both ends,” from Edna St. Vincent Millay’s 1920 Poem, “First Fig,” is an apt metaphor for the short lightingbolt life of Janis Joplin. Born in 1943, she died of a heroin overdose in 1970 at the age of 27.
Wrong turns often teach us the right way – sometimes quickly found and requiring only a few steps. Or, the wrong turn may be a grievous error requiring many months or even years to correct and the taking of many steps – sometimes as many as twelve.
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution” – Abraham Lincoln
We’ve got a rat problem. No, it’s not the one from the Trump Administration who recently posted an anonymous hit piece in the New York Times. Ours are the not-so-cute brown furry things that were featured in the movie “Ratatouille.”
“Sense and Sensibility” – a novel penned by Jane Austen and published in 1811 – was originally put on the market anonymously; “By A Lady,” instead of Austen’s name, appeared on the title page. It’s the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) and Marianne (age 16 1/2) coming of age.
