Edward Snowden’s revelations about government surveillance has got him in hot water, but what is there in this brouhaha that we need to hear? Aside from awareness of the infringement of personal “rights”, we might look at our definition of … Continue reading
When discomfort becomes pain and we have a lot on our minds, or a lot to do, we push the sensation to the back of our consciousness. If we don’t feel it, it doesn’t exist. If it doesn’t exist, it … Continue reading
Finding The Tiger, A Coming of Age went through the Publisher’s wringer of adaptation to Chicago Style. There were changes to words, wording, flow, etc. In other words, the individuality of the text was being gutted. Chicago Style stifled the … Continue reading
It seems that part of our evolution as humans is to be not reliant on other people, or situations, for our happiness. Hinging our feelings to the actions of others causes us to lose control of one of the most … Continue reading
*A bellwether is any entity in a given arena that serves to create or influence trends or to presage future happenings. (Wikipedia) In high school, I wrote a paper implicating Darwin’s theory of evolution in Dickens’ comments on contemporary society. … Continue reading
