High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Posted on March 17th, 2018 by Simon Barrett. Art experts can tell if the painter was left or right handed by the brush strokes on the canvas. Archeologists can date a fragment of pottery by how it was manufactured and the raw materials used. I first encountered Heidi Brey.

How do breastfeeding stunts normalize breastfeeding? Imagine if former chief executive Carly Fiorina had addressed HP stockholders while wearing a filmy negligee. Would that normalize women chief executives? No How about if Serena Williams took the . How mothers became rivals and what we can do about it. For the longest time, I was one of the few bloggers writing about the perverse and inappropriate pressures of natural parenting. But as the response to World Breastfeeding Week indicates, .

As Safe As Life Gets? Maybe someone can help me with the grammar here. I always thought that was ignorance squared.

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Like most of the world, I was horrified to read about the death of Cecil the Lion. Pictures of this magnificent animal filled my newsfeed amid status updates decrying the hunter, a dentist from Minnesota named Walter Palmer. Originally posted on Writing Elves. Why do cable stations constantly show this film again, and again? In These Quiet Hours.