Last week, I read a number of obituaries for Geraldine Ferraro, who died on March 26 after a 12-year battle with multiple myeloma. When Walter Mondale, the 1984 Democratic presidential nominee, selected her, Ferraro became the first woman, and first Italian American, to run for national office on a major party ticket.
In the recurring debate over whether to censor “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” for high school students, I stand firmly on the side of the traditionalist bookworms, who so valiantly preach the importance of literature as a lens through which to view history.
Reading the cover story in Time last week on Amy’s Chua’s controversial book, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” I couldn’t help but feel enormous empathy for Chua’s two daughters.