Monthly Archives: January 2017

Give me your tired, your poor . . .

Inscribed on a plaque inside the base of the Statue of Liberty is the following sonnet by Emma Lazarus, entitled “New Colossus:” Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at … Continue reading

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Making a difference in the world

[This blog post was inspired by the county board of education decision to eliminate creative writing as part of the creative and performing arts program at our local middle school. For local people, here is the link to the petition to … Continue reading

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Life Imitates Fiction . . . Again

(Or is it the other way around?)   Petula Dvorak’s article entitled “In Va., civic rules used as a guise for Islamophobia” in the January 3, 2017 edition of the Washington Post (Online January 2) described attempts by anti-Muslims to … Continue reading

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