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by Meche S. A.
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A few years ago I heard that a release of Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past in graphic novel form had stirred up a lot of controversy; something about how a great classic should not be relegated to the lowly ranks of pop culture. While I am not the biggest fan of the graphic novel (for example, I don’t collect them or attend comic book conferences), I do like them. I think they can be an excellent vehicle for introducing audiences to both literature and history, and a good tool for sparking interest in these topics. Perhaps more than anything else, I have a fondness for graphic novels since they were a part of my childhood. In my childhood home in Mexico, one thing we always had in abundance were reading materials. We had everything from comic books of various different kinds (Wonder Woman, The Spirit, La familia Burrón), novels, magazines, newspapers and reference books. Children’s books ranged from standard fairy tales to stories where two young sisters rescued a herd of sheep from a blizzard, becoming their town’s heroines.  Write a comment
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by Jay Bildstein
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The other day I'm having a rambling conversation with a friend. You know, those talks where you start on one topic only to find yourself blabbing about something completely different; the kind of chat where one minute you're discussing a movie and the next you're debating what brand of hotdog has the more robust flavor.
Anyway, we're jabbering on. I say something and my friend begins to respond with, "In reality ..." Before he can finish his sentence I am interrupting him. "In reality," I repeat with mock indignation. "In reality!" What on earth does "in reality" mean? "Whose reality?" I demand, half-jokingly.
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by Jay Bildstein
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The challenges haunting humanity may not have permanent solutions. How do you halt hatred? How do you eliminate apathy? How do you inoculate against ignorance? Certainly, there are ways to combat these ills. Education springs to mind. Yet, education is an ongoing process. It is not an endpoint.
In the human experience, we learn and then we forget what we have learned. We take steps forward. Then we slide back. We improve. Then we give ground. The nature of progress is rarely linear. Solutions are often fleeting. Once we succeed in overcoming a challenge, we tend to become complacent. This complacency eventually leads to facing the same challenge again.
How can we change this dynamic? While we might be tempted to look for elaborate solutions or to encounter a "secret" that unbinds us from the ebb and flow of personal and social development, what is needed is simple. Call it confidence and a little brains.
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