Monthly Archives: January 2011

Dostoevsky’s Support for Troubled Homes

By Robin Bates | Published: January 4, 2011

In debates about whether or not to help out troubled homeowners, Fyodor Dostoevsky would probably be in favor.  I am currently reading The Brothers Karamazov and am struck by how applicable it seems to the debate over foreclosures. The mortgage crisis, of course, pushed the world economy into recession, and foreclosures on homes are still […]

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Dr. Seuss: “We Can Do Better Than This”

By Robin Bates | Published: January 3, 2011

Ten years ago the fabled children’s author Dr. Seuss, on his death bed, said, “We can do better than this.”  As we launch into 2011, let this be our challenge.  And may we do so with Dr. Seuss’s special mixture of comedy and earnestness, which is captured in this poem by my father. If you […]

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Epiphany from a Camel’s Point of View

By Robin Bates | Published: January 2, 2011

Scott Bates’s version of the epiphany focuses on a camel’s point of view. This camel doesn’t end up in Bethlehem but his work is no less holy.

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2010 Sports, Seen through Literature

By Robin Bates | Published: January 1, 2011

Sports Saturday – 2010 in Review Since New Year’s Day falls on a “Sports Saturday” this year, I’ll take the occasion to review the year in sports through the vantage point of renewal. The first year of the new decade had a number of joyous firsts. It was a year when the city of New […]

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