Aphorisms Unplugged: It’s nice to be important, but more important to be nice.
L ike many mothers, my mom drilled the importance of being nice into my young psyche. She used expressions like the direct and simple “be nice” to impart this lesson. As well as Thumper the rabbit’s ever-popular pearl of wisdom “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” Not to mention Jimmy Durante’s “be nice to... Read More.
Of Mice and Men: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
A m I my brother's keeper? It’s the question Cain sardonically put to God in the book of Genesis, when God confronts Cain about the death of his brother Abel. And as we all know, due to Cain's scornful nature things didn’t turn out very well for him. But, how does Cain’s challenge apply to John Steinbeck’s novella... Read More.
The “American Experience” Embodied in the Childhood Reflections of Zitkála-Šá and Laura Ingalls Wilder
November is National Native American Heritage Month, making it prime time for the following piece by guest essayist Maggie Speck-Kern, an essay on the American experience as embodied in the childhood reflections of Zitkála-Šá (pronounced Zit-KAH-la-shah) and Laura Ingalls Wilder during America's pioneer era. M any attempts have been made to define the “American experience,” including extensive journalistic... Read More.
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