COME, my tan-faced children, Follow well in order, get your weapons ready; Have you your pistols? have you your sharp edged axes? Pioneers! O pioneers! For we cannot tarry here,We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger,We, the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us…
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“‘The important thing is to keep them pledging,’ he (Captain Black) explained to his cohorts. ‘It doesn’t matter whether they mean it or not. That’s why they make little kids pledge allegiance even before they know what ‘pledge’ and ‘allegiance’ means.’” –Joseph Heller, “The Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade,” Catch-22 Johnson…
Leave a CommentDear Rev. Tutu, I read this morning of your plans to retire and felt it necessary to convey my gratitude, not only for your work for others, but what your work has done for me, personally. I live in the US, a world away from the challenges of life in…
Leave a CommentFor many years, I’ve attempted to reconcile my admiration of the devout with the way the Catholic Church worked in my childhood house. Granted, to lay it all out here would be a chore that wouldn’t be much fun reading. But I start by saying, my dad’s a saint. It…
Leave a CommentWhen I was young, my mother had a Good Housekeeping view of motherhood and the ideal place for women in the family. She came from a family of twelve, ten kids whose stay-at-home mother was as stern as she was forgiving. Her father worked as a postal inspector, and in…
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