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Renowned Economist and Humanitarian Emma Goldman, Dead After Decades of Public Service Emma Goldman, an internationally acclaimed apostle of philosophic anarchism, died yesterday, May 14th, 1940, in her home in Toronto, Canada at the age of seventy one. Miss Goldman had suffered from a stroke in February, and seemed to be improving in […]
MoreGrey Jitterbug Firm grip, creased and sagging, clasps my bare shoulders and pulls me in, wrapped up in stuffy cologne musk. Grey wires from stubbly chin protrude acupuncture needles of relief into my forehead As the hands, which have been slithering to tenderly cradle the small of my back, release to brush aside my bangs […]
MoreProspective Dalton parents ask: What makes a Dalton student? We are passionate, vocal, and opinionated—and we articulate these opinions. We read the likes of Marx, Emerson, Orwell, Austen; walk into an History or English class and you will likely hear us vociferously debating their merits and flaws. But stay the whole period, and you may […]
MoreIn James Baldwin’s essay “Equal in Paris”, the narrator finds himself caught up in the bureaucratic idiosyncrasies of the French legal system. He spends eight days in jail for receiving a stolen bed-sheet from his American acquaintance, and this harrowing experience gives him insight into the irony of the equality with which he is treated; […]
MoreWhen I see the Wall Streetprotestors, I see them in this cage, begging to be free; free from the police’s grasp, free from hopelessness, free from the prison of winter. But this I see with my own eyes. When I look deeper, when I observe very meticulously, I see perseverance, determination, hope. Why are all […]
MoreNavy blue pinstripes. The crowd goes wild as the baseball soars into the stands. Homerun! Everyone cheers and as the homerun slugger rounds the bases, you notice a ponytail swinging to and fro. When the runner reaches home, you suddenly realize something. The person who hit the winning homerun is a woman! I believe that […]
MoreEn el comienzo de este ano escolar yo tuve mucha dificultad en la clase de Frances. No podía captar la gramatica. Y termine el semestre con una C. Me entendieron? Did you all understand? Why or why not? Well because some of you can speak Spanish while others might not have learned to. If you […]
MoreIn the strict and arduous world of Puritanism, the character of a hero is obscure and difficult to depict. In times of unjust persecution and prosecution, though, a hero is a person willing to question accepted authority and fight for what is just. John Proctor is, without a doubt, imperfect and wholly human. He has […]
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