Word: feeblemindedness
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Red Square, the third adventure of Arkady Renko, the Russian detective of Gorky Park and Polar Star, touches the imagination in a powerful, brooding way that seems very Russian. Give or take Richard Price's Clockers, a story of New Jersey cops and dope sellers that has some of the...
Neglect and indifference at such a crucial stage can have devastating consequences. Consider the case of Sid. (Names of the children in this story have been changed.) When he was three months old, his parents left him with the maid while they took a five-week trip. Upon their return...
That phrase might have served on Churchill's coat of arms. Back home, in Parliament, he became a master of publicity. Violence in Belfast surrounded his preachings for Irish home rule. Even his worst notions drew attention. He offered a bizarre plan to incarcerate and sterilize the mentally ill...
The King James is no longer the single predominant American Bible, though, for a number of reasons. First, it is often confusing, especially for the young. The problem goes well beyond thee and thou or verb forms like loveth. Numerous words have changed meaning over the centuries. In current terms...
The College Board, an organization of more than 2500 colleges, schools, school systems and education associations' first gave the Scholastic Aptitude (SAT) in 1926. Previously, the Board, which was established in 1900 to standardize the admissions examinations given by Harvard, Princeton, Yale and a few other selective colleges, administered a...