Monthly Archives: February 2013

How to Keep a True Lent

By Robin Bates | Published: February 10, 2013

For Robert Herrick, Lent is not about fasting but about starving sin.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 9, 2013

The Harbaughs’ Super Bowl Rivalry brings to mind the sibling rivalry in Steinbeck’s “East of Eden.”

By Robin Bates | Published: February 8, 2013

Shakespeare is so pervasive in the language that we are often oblivious when we are quoting him.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 7, 2013

Some recent GOP attempts to soften their message while retaining their policies remind one of Orwellian doublespeak.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 6, 2013

Revealing his prejudices, Aristotle tries to limit those whose suffering can be labeled tragic.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 5, 2013

Plato worried that Greek tragedy causes us to act irrationally.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 4, 2013

Some of Chuck Hagel’s statements about war are reminiscent of the anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 3, 2013

First Corinthians 13 may be St. Paul’s greatest poem.

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By Robin Bates | Published: February 2, 2013

The 49ers rush for the Super Bowl is like the 49ers rush in 1849.