the other, stil more reasonably, says that it is too depressing and painful to think of the danger, since it is not in man's power to foresee everything and avert the general course of events, and it is therefore better to disregard what is painful till it comes, and to think about what is pleasant.

I remember also finding it overlong when it was assigned in school. I should have guessed that wouldn’t change! But we “read” it in 8th grade, I assume seniors would get much more from it. Especially in AP. Thanks for teaching it.

We are kindred spirits and your #booksky picks gave me a few more to add to my list. What do the seniors think of the Grapes of Wrath? It’s a great book for the moment.

Let’s not give them up so fast! The right cannot take the poems behind Cats!

Absolutely. Look up Dostoevsky on YouTube and you get a bunch of Jordan Peterson trash. We need to take literature back!

The lack of sleep is telling. “presumably” 👀

Les Miserables. Reading about Val Jean makes you want to be a better person.

I think you're forgetting the sartorial decisions of a lot of lawyers in the (R) column.

So is he unemployed? He can't un-resign, right??

We are into the negatives! I started guessing how many Scaramuccis these bozos would last but I didn't see this one coming.

Dr. Oz, I give him 5 Scare-a-mooches. I don't think CMS is anywhere near as glamorous as he thinks it will be. It's more "managing medical loss ratio" and less "be beach body ready with this one trick doctors hate!"