By Judy Silver on Jul 8, 2009 in Current Affairs | 26 Comments
First posted at The New Agenda.
Andy Griffith had a wonderful way of allowing the character of Sheriff Andy Taylor to look foolish in order to teach America lessons. In this case, the lessons were of compassion, humanity, and equality. Sadly, in the wake of Governor Palin’s resignation, it’s clear that those lessons [...]
By Judy Silver on May 10, 2009 in Feminism, Women | 10 Comments
From The New Agenda.
During Women’s History Month, I saw many comments about school curricula being deficient regarding women in part because (with some note able exceptions like Mercy Otis Warren) traditional history books have been written mostly by men. Well, it’s happening again. Today, when our children need to research a topic, [...]
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