The Life, the Universe, and Everything
By Igor Shchegolev
There are many opinions about the question, “Why don’t people work?”
Aesop’s famous fable clearly illustrates what the result of not working is. The ant and grasshopper are opposites in that one of them doesn’t want to work. People of many generations have accepted the moral of Aesop’s fable as the rule.
According t Aesop’s [...]
by Donald Hall (1928 – )
What’s Good, What’s Bad
The claims I make for fiction are large: that it alerts and enlarges our minds, our connections with each other past and present, our understanding of our feelings. These claims apply to excellent literature only. This suggests that some fiction is better than other fiction, and that [...]
By Donald Hall (1928 – )
When we learn to read fiction, we acquire pleasure and a resource we never lose. Although literary study is impractical in one sense – few people make their living reading books – in another sense it is almost as practical as breathing. Literature records and embodies centuries of human thought [...]
Little white lies: lies about trivial matters, like false excuses to spare a person’s feelings; flattery; “how are you feeling”; “how’s it going”; etc. – these lies must be truly harmless and inconsequential, never intended to be given a second thought.
Placebos: deceptions to make a person feel better (like sugar pills); euphemisms; some self-help gimmickry; [...]
Tell White Lies (Occasionally)
Protecting from Unnecessary Hurt
By Donald W. McCullogh
Taken from “Write to be Read” (Reading, Reflection, and Writing) by William R. Smalzer
Verna claims that I said her baby was ugly. I can’t imagine being that insensitive, though it was a long time ago and my memory isn’t exact in these matters. I do recall [...]
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