A New Bill of Rights for Children?
It’s an age-old truth that the health of a society is best measured by how it treats its children. Nothing else provides so accurate an indicator. Not the gross national product; not the S & P 500; not the index of consumer expectations. When a society treats its children well this implies that the future […]
Primacy of Language
Language with its almost mystical power—how words can heal or harm—as if speech alone harnesses an unseen force that’s capable of influencing others beyond the level of sound. It’s more than vibratory waves transduced by the cochlea of the inner ear, more than a physiological response. All of us are aware of this power, but we […]
