A Florida bill allows prayers to be read at assemblies but can’t designate a particular religion, offering openings to various sects. Scott Bates provides the school children with some possibilities.
Monthly Archives: February 2015
In Support of School Prayer (with a Twist)
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "School Prayer Semester Schedule", mythology, public education, Religion, school prayer, Scott Bates Comments closed
King’s Vision of Environmental Devastation
Stephen King, drawing on William Carlos Williams’ “Paterson,” warns about the destructiveness brought on by America’s acquisitive side.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Environment, fossil fuels, It, Keystone pipeline, oil industry, Paterson, Stephen King, Williams Carlos Williams Comments closed
Unlike Oklahoma, King Wants Real History
The Oklahoma legislature wants to whitewash American history. Stephen King’s horror fiction is all about such whitewashing attempts.
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Motion Picture Industry, It’s You I Love!
Sixty years ago Frank O’Hara captured an ambivalence that we may have experienced during the Oscars last night: he both mocks Hollywood and is enthralled with it.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "To the Film Industry in Crisis", cinema, Frank O'Hara, Hollywood, Oscar night Comments closed
Tracking Eliot’s Spiritual Journey for Lent
My Lenten discipline is to better understand T. S. Eliot’s religious poetry.
Old Lit as a Transformational Experience
The power of a “King Lear” passage is a refutation of Scott Walker’s attempt to redirect higher education to “work force needs.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged culture wars, Geoffrey Chaucer, King Lear, Ronald Reagan, Scott Walker, state university system, Wife of Bath, Williams Shakespeare Comments closed
Murphy: Something Funny in Everything
Eddie Murphy, who as a young comedian helped save Saturday Night, returned for the show’s 40th celebration. A Lucille Clifton poem draws an interesting distinction between him and Richard Pryor.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "from the wisdom of sister brown", Eddie Murphy, Lucille Clifton, Richard Pryor, Saturday Night Live Comments closed
Teaching Gender Sensitivity at West Point
Margaret Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” is required reading for entering West Point cadets. Good things could happen.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Feminism, Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, Phyllis Schlafly, sexual assault, Ursula Le Guin, West Point Comments closed
