Tag Archives: trust

The Social Novel Tackles Our Dilemmas

By Robin Bates | Published: September 19, 2023

Maureen Corrigan says the social awareness novel is thriving and gives reasons.

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Teach Your Children Well

By Robin Bates | Published: April 2, 2019

Wednesday My sister-in-law Joyce Bates, beloved by her Clarksville third-graders, recently posted an inspiring quotation by L. R. Knost about how to raise kids. After reading it, I thought of the blind beggar in the Spanish picaresque novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), who ascribes to just the opposite philosophy. The author of such books as […]

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Kill All the Lawyers? Nope, We Need Them

By Robin Bates | Published: October 12, 2016

A district judge reflects upon what lawyers and judges can learn from Shakespeare, including “Othello,” “Merchant of Venice, “Hamlet,” “King Lear,” most of the history plays, and others.

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