Debra’s opening quotation is from George Orwell’s Animal Farm, a novel in which the “pigs” get fat and prosperous and the “horses” are worked to death. In the novel, “pigs” and “horses” are metaphors for “capitalists” and “workers.” Animal Farm, an extended allegory, was written and published in 1946. In general, those were “dark days,” […]
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Posted February 28, 2019 in Monthly News The expression, “May you live in interesting times,” has been considered an ancient Chinese curse since Robert Kennedy popularized the saying. What makes times interesting? In general, conflict and anxiety. Most of us are familiar with the Biblical warning about wars and rumors of wars, and very few of us have had the luxury of […] |
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