Author dispenses wisdom in a little lead chest
In “The Merchant of Venice,” Shakespeare’s quaintly ribald take on sex roles, greed and grace, a squad of eager suitors face three character-defining choices. They can either pick the gold chest, the silver chest, or the plain old lead chest. Full Story
We are living in a climate of doom
The phrase “doomsday cult” entered our collective vocabulary after John Lofland published his 1966 study, “Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith.” Lofland wrote about the Unification Church. His subject could almost as easily have been the Church of Warmism. Full Story
Don’t lose sight of what Christmas really means
GUEST OPINION
The magic of Christmas is an oftenelusive chimera that can elude the sophisticated. Life, and the vagaries of winsome fate, sometimes condition those of us “on the shady side of 40” to look with irritation or indifference on the hustle and bustle of Christmas. The overt commercialism of the holidays can be sometimes less than appealing. Full Story
MOMENTS IN TIME
. On Dec. 17, 1944,
U.S. Gen. Henry C. Pratt issues Public Proclamation No. 21, declaring that, effective Jan. 2, 1945, Japanese American “evacuees” from the West Coast could return to their homes. For the previous two years, 110,000 Japanese Americans had been relocated to remote internment camps built by the U.S. military. Full Story
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