Might S.L. be referring to a quote from the "Book of Guys"? In one story, Don Giovanni says, "...woman takes over a man's life and turns it to her own ends . . . " (https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-12-20-1993354172-story.html). Things did not end well for Don Giovanni in this story, but I'm not sure if he minded.
I don't know if there is another source for S. L.'s quote, but there's an old twist that takes advantage of the dual meaning of a certain verb in Hebrew to that effect. The original, strait-laced line is " A good woman does her husband's will." Some realist modified it to mean "A good woman makes her husband's will."
I'm so glad that I had the gumption to leave the intellectual backwardness of Gov. Faubus's Arkansas in 1961 to enroll in the grad school at the UofMinn. Prof. Ed Gerald of the journalism school recommended that I take a course with Prof Mulford Sibley of the political science dept. I did, worked hard, made an A. Scales fell from my eyes.
// I agree with some of what you say but I worry less about multinational corporations than about a long-running tide of right-wing populism that is authoritarian and cruel and bigoted and that progressives are as confused by as we slacker centrists. are. There’s much on the left that inspires satire and I plead guilty to satire but what is deeply alarming is not our nation’s history but the monster in our midst. This is unprecedented in my lifetime. It must be defeated. GK //
I suspect that you believe that you know this as a result of reading a disproportionate amount of material in the left-wing publications whose other content you concede to be worthy of satire. As I now and then advise my wife (who shrugs it off, as you probably will in the unlikely eventuality that your assistants pass it on to you to read), please read more widely.
Best wishes from a fellow eighty-year-old non-curmudgeon.
Mr. Smith has a good point. We all seem to see monsters in our midsts, but a new one has taken shape. Where did all the heroes of the Old Left go? Remember the ACLU and Skokie? Why is the First Amendment first, after all? I like to ask these questions knowing someday they might not be allowed.
I think it's not just "politics", David, but the whole pervading social structure. Take the issue of racial bigotry, for example. In states where racial segregation is practiced in schools, on public transportation, in housing, etc., many folks grow up without ever having much personal contact with folks of a different color, or ethnicity, or, even religious faith.
I had the chance through an Adopt-a-School program to teach at an elementary school near the Los Angeles Airport (LAX). It happened to be the first year in which inner city students (predominantly black) were bussed out of their segregated precinct and integrated with the well-to-do white pupils in that suburb. It took a little adjusting at first, but within two or three months, most of the children seemed to be mixing fairly well!
When the parents look at some folks as "The Other" - it makes i difficult for kids to make up their own minds. But when the black arms and the white arms are shooting up to get teachers' attentions, and the children can evaluate for themselves the quality of each child's responses, then they can form their own impressions about race. I found, especially in some of the smaller class groups, that by the end of the year, most of the students had become "color-blind!"
This isn't to say that "bussing" was a perfect solution. Those students who came in on the "Yellow caterpillar" of 10-20 buses lost a lot of free time. It generally would take the drivers most of an hour to run their pick-up routes, then drive all the way to our school. That doesn't even count in the time that the kids had to walk to and from the gathering points, then wait for the buses to arrive. It was our experience that the parents who chose to have their kids bussed were really dedicated to giving their children a better start in life. They saw in bussing the higher degree of educational challenge that their children could have in a "suburban" (read "white") school. The parents made sure the kids did their homework, so they didn't have much "street-time" to play, at least during weekdays.
Our Adopt-a-School Program won an award from Mayor Tom Bradley - one of the first non-white mayors for Los Angeles. I wonder if they've done a follow-up on the careers of those first "integrated" students? I wouldn't be surprised if there was quite a reduction in the "Poverty-to-Prison Pipeline" among them!
I once was deceived with smoking the reefer in a naive college. my housemates claimed it was the reel thing. i learned it was oregano leaves. such is youth. i wished to read your recent piece of literature. it was only available on Kindle format. no paperback or hard cover for us old school lovers, eh?
Ray D, I agree with you! I worked for a multinational oil company for two decades - and I hardly ever agreed with the "suggestions" that our senior management made about how we employees should vote. The fact that they could support candidates so liberally, with the proceeds from OUR (the employees') labor used to get quite a few of us upset! I doubt if many folks who "Fill up at the pump" realize that a nickel or a dime out of each dollar might go to support candidates that the folks with their hands on the gas handle would never agree to, if given the choice!
At the time our Democracy was founded, there really wasn't any such thing as "BIG BUCKS!" We need to remember that the Constitution is a very archaic vehicle. It certainly needs some revision in some major aspects. But - with the folks with the big bucks in their pockets doing the voting, it seems almost like "A Lost Cause!" You folks out there1 Any suggestions? How do we get out of this endless loop?
"Lascivious" thoughts! Stay out of the sunshine. Bram Stoker a fan? Haha.
Might S.L. be referring to a quote from the "Book of Guys"? In one story, Don Giovanni says, "...woman takes over a man's life and turns it to her own ends . . . " (https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-12-20-1993354172-story.html). Things did not end well for Don Giovanni in this story, but I'm not sure if he minded.
I don't know if there is another source for S. L.'s quote, but there's an old twist that takes advantage of the dual meaning of a certain verb in Hebrew to that effect. The original, strait-laced line is " A good woman does her husband's will." Some realist modified it to mean "A good woman makes her husband's will."
I'm so glad that I had the gumption to leave the intellectual backwardness of Gov. Faubus's Arkansas in 1961 to enroll in the grad school at the UofMinn. Prof. Ed Gerald of the journalism school recommended that I take a course with Prof Mulford Sibley of the political science dept. I did, worked hard, made an A. Scales fell from my eyes.
John B Webster
// I agree with some of what you say but I worry less about multinational corporations than about a long-running tide of right-wing populism that is authoritarian and cruel and bigoted and that progressives are as confused by as we slacker centrists. are. There’s much on the left that inspires satire and I plead guilty to satire but what is deeply alarming is not our nation’s history but the monster in our midst. This is unprecedented in my lifetime. It must be defeated. GK //
I suspect that you believe that you know this as a result of reading a disproportionate amount of material in the left-wing publications whose other content you concede to be worthy of satire. As I now and then advise my wife (who shrugs it off, as you probably will in the unlikely eventuality that your assistants pass it on to you to read), please read more widely.
Best wishes from a fellow eighty-year-old non-curmudgeon.
Mr. Smith has a good point. We all seem to see monsters in our midsts, but a new one has taken shape. Where did all the heroes of the Old Left go? Remember the ACLU and Skokie? Why is the First Amendment first, after all? I like to ask these questions knowing someday they might not be allowed.
Read. Noted. Peace be with you.
I think it's not just "politics", David, but the whole pervading social structure. Take the issue of racial bigotry, for example. In states where racial segregation is practiced in schools, on public transportation, in housing, etc., many folks grow up without ever having much personal contact with folks of a different color, or ethnicity, or, even religious faith.
I had the chance through an Adopt-a-School program to teach at an elementary school near the Los Angeles Airport (LAX). It happened to be the first year in which inner city students (predominantly black) were bussed out of their segregated precinct and integrated with the well-to-do white pupils in that suburb. It took a little adjusting at first, but within two or three months, most of the children seemed to be mixing fairly well!
When the parents look at some folks as "The Other" - it makes i difficult for kids to make up their own minds. But when the black arms and the white arms are shooting up to get teachers' attentions, and the children can evaluate for themselves the quality of each child's responses, then they can form their own impressions about race. I found, especially in some of the smaller class groups, that by the end of the year, most of the students had become "color-blind!"
This isn't to say that "bussing" was a perfect solution. Those students who came in on the "Yellow caterpillar" of 10-20 buses lost a lot of free time. It generally would take the drivers most of an hour to run their pick-up routes, then drive all the way to our school. That doesn't even count in the time that the kids had to walk to and from the gathering points, then wait for the buses to arrive. It was our experience that the parents who chose to have their kids bussed were really dedicated to giving their children a better start in life. They saw in bussing the higher degree of educational challenge that their children could have in a "suburban" (read "white") school. The parents made sure the kids did their homework, so they didn't have much "street-time" to play, at least during weekdays.
Our Adopt-a-School Program won an award from Mayor Tom Bradley - one of the first non-white mayors for Los Angeles. I wonder if they've done a follow-up on the careers of those first "integrated" students? I wouldn't be surprised if there was quite a reduction in the "Poverty-to-Prison Pipeline" among them!
I once was deceived with smoking the reefer in a naive college. my housemates claimed it was the reel thing. i learned it was oregano leaves. such is youth. i wished to read your recent piece of literature. it was only available on Kindle format. no paperback or hard cover for us old school lovers, eh?
Ray D, I agree with you! I worked for a multinational oil company for two decades - and I hardly ever agreed with the "suggestions" that our senior management made about how we employees should vote. The fact that they could support candidates so liberally, with the proceeds from OUR (the employees') labor used to get quite a few of us upset! I doubt if many folks who "Fill up at the pump" realize that a nickel or a dime out of each dollar might go to support candidates that the folks with their hands on the gas handle would never agree to, if given the choice!
At the time our Democracy was founded, there really wasn't any such thing as "BIG BUCKS!" We need to remember that the Constitution is a very archaic vehicle. It certainly needs some revision in some major aspects. But - with the folks with the big bucks in their pockets doing the voting, it seems almost like "A Lost Cause!" You folks out there1 Any suggestions? How do we get out of this endless loop?