Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so.
parenting is an exercise in unintended consequences.
As always, an educated woman was a dangerous woman.
And in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history.
Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some of the same problems that women in power come up against today. Cleopatra plays an oddly pivotal role in world history as well; in her lifetime, Alexandria is the center of the universe, Rome is still a backwater.
When a woman teams up with a snake a moral storm threatens somewhere.
Women enjoyed rights in Egypt they would not again enjoy for more than 2,000 years. They owned ships, ran vineyards, filed lawsuits, practiced medicine. Their husbands supported them after divorce. Their power was unprecedented.
I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, And what a wave must be. I never spoke with God, Nor visited in Heaven; Yet certain am I of the spot, As if a chart were given.
The American nation in the sixth ward is a fine people; they love the eagle - on the back of a dollar.
Honestly, if I can plan out a few meals ahead of time, I feel much more organized.
Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.