Franklin was known to refuse dispatches from Congress until he finished a match, sometimes playing all night. But Franklin argued that all of those hours slouched over a chessboard were well spent. In a popular essay titled, "The Morals of Chess," the Founding Father made the case that ...
I am a mother of three and grandmother to 11. I stayed with their father for more than 20 years believing that somehow I could make him feel loved enough to change. Over time, each of my children has drawn close to me for healing, and pulled away for the same reason. I am, after...
Yet, as mothers, we sometimes forget that in our relating to our adult children. When we can view them with some detachment, when our reactions to them are no longer based on expectations or being dependent on them, we are then able to love them fully and freely. Do not look at your ...
Military spending is unique in that it's an area where it is challenging to find a private alternative to public funding. No single corporation or group of citizens is arguably motivated and trustworthy enough to take financial responsibility for maintaining a nation's military. Costs of Military ...
Nick:We all spoke to [Jon] separately about what it was like to become fathers and what it's like to be a father. He took that and came back with the bones of a song, and then we all kind of added our own touch to it vocally and in other ways. ...
citizenship. Because there were no birth certificates (or DNA tests) to prove parentage, a young Athenian man’s political life began when his father introduced him at their localdemos, or political unit, by swearing that he was his father and bringing witnesses to attest to this, Cartledge ...
Alexander’s military successes throughout his reign were spectacular to a very large degree — and certainly manufactured by the king to be great (see below) — and we should expect his people back home to feel proud of their king at the head of his panhellenic mission of punishment and ...
I would simply like to say thank you for taking the time to attempt to help a person such as myself.I am a 62 year old husband and father. In April of 1981, I was involved in a near fatal automobile accident. This incident left me with serious closed head injuries, and as it turn...
Some families say it’s too painful to celebrate at all. The girlfriend of Nirit Lavie Alon’s son was abducted from the Nova music festival. Two months later, the family was informed by Israel’s military that Inbar Haiman, a 27-year-old graffiti artist,...
When her father suddenly moves the family from their peaceful country home to the chaos of the inner city, Ainsley is faced with the realities of life outside of her small town and falling in love in spite of herself. Reply Margaret Terryon September 6, 2013 at 6:13 pm ...