Privacy, Then and Now: Reflecting on Griswold

I was the mother of three in 1965, when it became legal for married couples in Connecticut to buy and Continue reading →

“School Choice”: DeVos v. Education

Much too often since the election of Donald Trump, I have felt a sickening sense of return to the 1950s. Continue reading →

P.S. We’re All Nasty Now

I posted “Generations“ in May 2015, when Bernie Sanders was a gleam in the eye of the Left, Jeb Bush Continue reading →

“This Creature”: 40 Years of Margery Kempe

In the mid-1970s, casting about for a dissertation topic, I stumbled over Margery Kempe. In those days you had to Continue reading →

Crossing the Center Line

Back around the middle of the 20th century, when I played high school basketball, we were not allowed to cross Continue reading →