Florence King

Families composed of rugged individualists have to do things obliquely.

Families composed of rugged individualists have to do things obliquely.

Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt.

Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt.

Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.

Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.

We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories. read more

We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories. . .

Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying read more

Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.