Girls' Softball Game, 2009 (Tequask, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia). Yesterday I'd had it up to the keister with politics, so my heart leapt up when I read JVL's column in The Bulwark. "I know the Republic is falling and we have more pressing concerns," he began. "I know this isn’t important, in the grand scheme … Continue reading Who wins? center-right analysis of trans athlete bans in kids’ sports hits a home run with this weary Democrat
A semi-sympathetic reading of a proto-feminist Jezebel reprinted on the Biblical Archaeology Society’s website
A few days ago I was blogging about the prophet Elijah and his conflicts with King Ahab of Israel. Now comes Janet Howe Gaines, an English professor at the University of New Mexico, with a sympathetic -- well, at least evenhanded -- portrayal of one of the most maligned figures in history, Ahab's queen Jezebel. … Continue reading A semi-sympathetic reading of a proto-feminist Jezebel reprinted on the Biblical Archaeology Society’s website
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