Monthly Archives: February 2018

Reading My Way to Adulthood

By Robin Bates | Published: February 8, 2018

As an adolescent, I used fantasy in an attempt to hold on to my childhood innocence and hated “Catcher in the Rye.” Little did I realize that Salinger’s novel describes my struggle.

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English, a More Practical Major than STEM

By Robin Bates | Published: February 7, 2018

A recent study by Google of its 72,000 employees discovered that humanities training is more beneficial than STEM.

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Trump Drama as Sherlock Mystery

By Robin Bates | Published: February 5, 2018

Trump and the Russian investigation resemble the Sherlock Holmes story “The Five Pips.” But is Trump the secret society doing the killing or the panicked uncle marked out for slaughter?

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Eagles’ Win Was Like a Thunderbolt

By Robin Bates | Published: February 4, 2018

A Tennyson poem to toast the Super Bowl champs.

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Caught between Faith and Doubt

By Robin Bates | Published: February 3, 2018

Rushdie has a great passage about a character caught between faith and doubt. The passage gives me an opportunity to determine where I myself stand.

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we have always loved each other

By Robin Bates | Published: February 1, 2018

Ushering in Black History Month with a lovely Lucille Clifton poem about the need to keep believing in oneself.

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