The Laboratory

This work is a contemporary Acrylic-on-canvas study based on Rembrandt's 1638 masterpiece "The Stone Bridge." While maintaining the classical composition and low horizon line of the original, this version explores a more vibrant, impressionistic color palette in the sky and adds a second boat to ...

Murica 2.0 Dan Carpenter Creative non fiction Even though it seems to be a global path in the late 19th and early 20th century, America took a strikingly early lead in translating eugenic ideas into actual policy.
While Sir Francis Galton in Britain coined the term "eugenics" in 1883, and the concept certainly spread internationally, the U.S.
was a pioneer in enacting eugenic legislation.
This push began even before the 1920s; for example, Connecticut passed a eugenic marriage law restricting...

Not charity we ask, Nor yet thy gift refuse; Please thy light fancy with the easy task Only to look and choose. The little-heeded toy That wins thy treasured gold May be the dearest memory, holiest joy, Of coming years untold. Heaven rains on every heart, But there its showers divide, The drops of mercy choosing, as they part, The dark or glowing side. One kindly deed may turn The fountain of thy soul To love's sweet day-star, that shall o'er thee burn Long as its currents roll. The pleasures...