Anti-vaxxers should read 19th century novels, which describe high mortality rates
Monthly Archives: July 2023
Anti-Vaxxers Ignore the Past
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "University Hospital Boston", anti-vaxxers, Birds' Christmas Carol, Bleak House, Charlotte Bronte, Childbirth, Cholera, Daniel Defoe, Jane Eyre, Journal of the Plague Year, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Mary Oliver, Nemesis, Oliver Twist, Philip Roth, plague, Polio, Robert Kennedy Jr., Scarlet Fever, Secret Garden, Small Pox, Turberculosis, typhus Comments closed
Soames: Sacrifice Mother, Not Baby
Soames Forsyte, who sees his wife as property, would rather sacrifice his wife than abort his baby–suggesting that right to life may be more about right to property.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Abortion, abortion debate, Forsyte Saga, In Chancery, John Galsworthy, Late term abortions Comments closed
MacDonald’s Loving Vision of Christ
George MacDonald’s Christian vision comes through clearly in “Sir Gibbie,” a wondrous tale of a mute boy.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged C.S. Lewis, Calvinism, Congregationalism, George MacDonald, Sir Gibbie, theology Comments closed
It’s World Chocolate Day–Treat Yourself!
Today being World Chocolate Day, I quote liberally from Joanne Harris’s novel “Chocolat.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Chocolat, chocolate, Easter, Joanne Harris, Lent, World Chocolate Day Comments closed
Boys That Don’t Fit the Gender Stereotype
Georgia has fired a teacher for sharing “My Shadow Is Purple,” thus denying her kids a narrative that they urgently need to hear.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged authoritarianism, Boy in a Dress, censorship, David Williamson, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Katherine Rinderle, L. Frank Baum, Land of Oz, LGBTQ+ issues, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Milt Diamond, My Shadow Is Purple, Stuart Scott, Supergirl, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Lindsey Graham as Willy Loman (or Not)
Studying Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman” can help us understand Trump politicians.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged 1984, Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, Donald Trump, George Orwell, Lindsey Graham, politicians, Trump enablers Comments closed
Affirmative Action & Lessons in Chemistry
Garmus’s “Lessons in Chemistry” indirectly exposes the ignorance of the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Elegy on a Country Churchyard", affirmative action, Bonnie Garmus, Clarence Thomas, Feminism, Joy Reid, Lessons in Chemistry, Thomas Gray, Title IX Comments closed
Why Jesus Used Parables
Why did Jesus use parables? Because fiction is more powerful than straight exposition.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Tell all the truth but tell it slant", C.S. Lewis, Emily Dickinson, Jesus, Lectio Divina, Parables, Queen Elizabeth I, Rob MacSwain, theology, Wolfgang Iser Comments closed
