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To Read and To Write

Joan L. Cannon writes: POETRY is a big word, in both denotation and connotation. Hours of classroom time and reams of thesis papers have been wasted in the attempt to analyze, categorize, classify, and define it. Rhyme, rhythm, diction, subject ... since before written language, from nonsense through ritual and history, folk songs, epics, in all languages, the list of schools and variations in form is too long to contemplate. However many attempts are made, full agreement is not likely.

On the Eve of Women's History Month: Women of Protest, of the Land and Sea

It's difficult in this age to imagine the courage needed to pursue a path to women voting. But the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institute are highlighting a number of those paths: Suffragists, Farmerettes and Naval Officers

Pew Reports: The Tea Party, Religion and Social Issues

A poll by the Pew Research Center and Forum on Religion & Public Life found that nearly half of Tea Party supporters (46%) had not heard of or did not have an opinion about "the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right"

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day; Are 70% of Graduate Engineers Foreign?

Another way of looking at what a civil engineer does is to see it as a role of reducing complex ideas initiated by policymakers, chief executives, and other such people into concrete reality. And WEPAN works to transform culture in engineering education to attract, retain, and graduate women

My Mother?s Cookbook ? Winter Salads: Jell-o, Salads of the Era, and Pickled Beets

The winter salad creations of my childhood memory seem quaint, if not downright silly. For instance, the Candlestick Salad, dating back to the 1920s, probably elicited a few adult comments unfit for younger ears to hear. The tapered banana top received a decorative finishing touch of miracle whip and a maraschino cherry, meant to resemble the candle's melting wax and flame

Mom, Me, and Menopause

My mother was completely finished with menopause by the time she was forty-four. At least I think she was; Mom had an aversion to admitting that anything was not perfect. When my aunt found her lying prone on the living room sofa with a wet dishtowel draped over her head, Mom insisted that she wasn?t going through "the changes"

Secrets of the Silk Road

With graceful eyelashes, long flaxen hair and serene expression, the "Beauty of Xiaohe" seems to have just softly fallen to sleep ? yet she last closed her eyes nearly 4,000 years ago. She was found in 2003, one of hundreds of spectacularly preserved mummies buried in China's vast Tarim Basin

This President's Day: Are We Believing in Madam President or Not?

There is evidence to show that more young women were encouraged by the presidential race of Hillary Clinton than by the vice-presidential bid of Sarah Palin and that the effort of both women were more encouraging than discouraging to their belief that there would be a woman president in their lifetimes

Female Foreign Correspondents' Code of Silence, Finally Broken

Women reporters do a pretty good job of covering what it?s like to live in a war, not just die in one. Without female correspondents in war zones, the experiences of women there may be only a rumor. Women can cover the fighting just as well as men, depending on their courage

A Review of Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s

Coontz set out to write about a generation of intelligent, well-educated women who had been marginalized by their own society. She wanted to understand how being confined to the home had undermined their sense of self and self-worth, until Friedan told them about "the problem that has no name."

Pew Reports A Split Verdict on Changes in Family Structure

Survey about these trends: unmarried couples and gay/lesbian couples raising children; single women having children without a male partner to help raise them;people living together without marriage; mothers of young children working outside the home;people of different races marrying;women not ever having children

I'm Going to Get Organized One of These Days

My friend Jane could teach PhD classes in minimalism. You can actually walk into Jane?s closets ? and they?re not walk-in closets. Once she asked if I had an extra postage stamp. I tried to give her two. "No" she said, "I need only one right now."I suggested she might have something else to mail in a couple of days. "Then I?ll go to the post office, I don?t want the clutter"

Bills Introduced for Possible Enactment

Democrats introduced a bill to enhance early care and education, a bill to assist states in establishing a universal prekindergarten, a bill to ensure that sex offenders and sexually violent predators are not eligible for parole. Republicans: A bill to ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child

Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera Since 1870

Photography has been central to voyeuristic looking since 1871, when the gelatin dry plate was invented;cameras could be secreted in books, clothing, shoes, pistols, or canes. "Detective cameras" were advertised as harmless amusements for amateurs, but the public found them troubling, raising concerns about privacy that remain valid

2011 Conservative Political Action Conference Flaunts Its Youth

Youth swelled the ranks of the 38th Conservative Political Action Conference held in Washington, DC February 10-12. Estimates ran as high as fifty percent of the 11,000 people were under 25. Significantly more men than women wore student conference badges.

Any Human Heart ... Will More Than Do

Logan Mountstuart's most intense relationships are with a succession of women that he loves, marries, or otherwise gets to know. Read from Chapter One of Louisa Pallant, the Henry James short story from which the program is taken

A Valentine's Day Budget: A Scarlet Tie Laced Through With FY 2012

Dressed conservatively (though this isn't a political reference) in a dark grey suit relieved by a scarlet tie laced through with white dots, White House Office of Management and Budget Director, Jack Lew, introduced an explanatory preview of the 2012 Administration Budget.

The Role of Neural Pathways; Whether we develop and overcome fears

Why do some people fret over the most trivial matters while others remain calm in the face of calamity? Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified two different chinks in our brain circuitry that explain why some of us are more prone to anxiety.

Pew Researches Faith on the Hill; The Religous Composition of the 112th Congress

Perhaps the greatest disparity between the religious makeup of Congress and the people it represents, however, is in the percentage of the unaffiliated ? those who describe their religion as atheist, agnostic or "nothing in particular."

Congress's Investigative Arm Now on Flickr

The agency examines the use of public funds; evaluates federal programs and policies; and provides analyses, recommendations, and other assistance to help Congress make informed oversight, policy, and funding decisions. The Flickr page makes the reports'images, photos and graphics searchable, viewable, and downloadable

Valentine's Day Apps

I tossed into a Target shopping basket a glittery card, "To My Wonderful Husband, Happy Valentine's Day." Who says romance is dead? That's us, maybe not you. So, as a favor to those who mush about the upcoming holiday, I've gathered some apps to help make hearts flutter

Rosalind Cartwright: The Queen of Dreams

I became curious about the difference in the dreams of those who recovered from depression on their own and those who did not. This started me on a series of studies of people going through a particular emotional problem ? divorce. After studying 150 people over a period of years, I discovered that dreams have a specific function: In the healthy person, dreams regulate mood. In some depressed people, the dreams are self-correcting over time, but other people need additional help.

A Close Look at Art in All the Right Places

Works of art included in the project range from Botticelli?s 'Birth of Venus' to Chris Ofili?s 'No Woman, No Cry', Cezanne?s post impressionist works to Byzantine iconography. From the ceilings of Versailles to ancient Egyptian temples, a collection of Whistlers to Rembrandts all over the globe. In total, 486 artists from around the world have been included

EPI Economic Snapshot: Income Inequality; It wasn't always this way

In recent decades, the bulk of income growth in America has gone to the top 10% of families, but that was not always the case. Throughout most of the 20th Century, the bottom 90% claimed a much larger share of income growth than they have in recent years.

Einstein at Home

The Historical Society of Princeton presents Einstein At Home, featuring family photographs, artwork, special memorabilia, and seventeen select pieces. Einstein is quoted saying: "But I also found Princeton fine. A pipe as yet unsmoked. Young and fresh. Much is to be expected from America's youth"

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