A Thanksgiving Prayer
Fourteen years ago, I wrote this prayer for our family, which then included a child. That little boy now drives …
Author Archives: mary knapp
Fearless Girl—a Hypocrite as well as a Shil! State Street Advisors Settles $5 Million Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Remember “Fearless Girl”? On February 28 of this year, the eve of International Women’s Day, a bronze statue of a …
Shall We Dance?
In 1927, when Gertrude Tredwell was eighty-seven years old, she recalled the romantic era before the Civil War when the …
Surprising Insights from Unexpected Sources
Bruce Handy, who was an avid child reader himself and read to his own children from the time they were …
Imagine That! (Revisited)
Before the Mickey Mouse Club—before the Flintstones and Batman and Captain Kangaroo, there was the Lone Ranger, Little Orphan Annie, …
“Our society will be defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy.” John Sawhill
John Sawhill, the conservationist who made this observation, had nature in mind, but I think it applies even more powerfully …
Check Out the Size of That Dinner Napkin!
In 1840, when Henry Cole painted The Dinner Party, napkins had to be very large to cover the voluminous skirts …
IBM Orders Employees Back to the Barn
IBM has given certain divisional employees who work from home 30 days to join a team in an office location …
Why Do So Many Kids Suffer From ADHD?
Hints and Echoes has a new format—and a new focus. For five years, I’ve been blogging here about anything and …
Fearless Girl is a Shill!
Update April 25, 2017 Apparently the original plaque has been removed, replaced by a sign that does not mention SHE. …
