"The right to marry, for example, didn’t promise that every Jack would find his Jill." As a retired English prof, I love Brands' way with words. The Jack and Jill quote reminds me of the naughty parodies of Mother Goose rhymes we teenage boys had way back then. (I'll spare my readers and not give examples.)
As usual, a great essay by Dr. Brands. I love the story about his grandmother and it reminded me of one of my grandmothers. Don't get me wrong! I loved all my grandparents equally, but one grandmother was a character (in the positive sense of the word). Speaking generally, some country philosopher once said "Grandparents are nicer than parents. They love you as much as your parents do, but they don't spank you when you're bad."
"The right to marry, for example, didn’t promise that every Jack would find his Jill." As a retired English prof, I love Brands' way with words. The Jack and Jill quote reminds me of the naughty parodies of Mother Goose rhymes we teenage boys had way back then. (I'll spare my readers and not give examples.)
As usual, a great essay by Dr. Brands. I love the story about his grandmother and it reminded me of one of my grandmothers. Don't get me wrong! I loved all my grandparents equally, but one grandmother was a character (in the positive sense of the word). Speaking generally, some country philosopher once said "Grandparents are nicer than parents. They love you as much as your parents do, but they don't spank you when you're bad."