People who have dementia say it’s like a sudden fog descending, when suddenly your brain won’t work the way you need it to. One extraordinary British woman has found a way to live with dementia. Wendy Mitchell shows us that someone with dementia can find a way through the fog.
Hanukkah started out as a minor Jewish holiday, with a little dubious history behind it. But now,those eight candles can light the way for all of us.
Historical fiction can bring history to life in ways non-fiction does not.
Leonardo actually tried to invent contact lenses. What he tried didn’t work, but he kept thinking, kept learning, and he keeps amazing us today.
It’s true we can’t change the past. But history changes all the time. And what happened may not be what we think.
Let 'em see you sweat. Better still, let 'em smell you.
This is part three of a series about whether diversity in schools is good for white kids. I spoke mostly with two experts: my kids, who went to public schools with diverse populations, grades 1-12
Is school diversity good for white kids? My white children learned some valuable lessons in public schools with widely diverse students. Their memories are mixed--some treasured, some painful. What they learned is helping them enjoy and prosper in today's United States. Part 2 of a series.
Parents protect their children, always wary in the face of actual danger and possible harm. A major barrier to greater school diversity, to real integration of public schools, has been the fear of white parents that such diversity would harm the education of their children. Does it? Or is it good for them? I consulted a couple of experts: my kids.
Many Americans seem to think that the vicious racism that has stained our history all happened in the South, the states of the old Confederacy. Not so. Not even close.