A Good Day For Up
For some reason The Pixies show last night, has me thinking about Dr. Seuss today. Not really sure what the connection there is but I’ll go with it because it led me to a great article by John Fea on Thoughts on a Seussentenial. A reflection of the American moral messages that are taught in Dr. Suess’ body of work.

“Yet even as he tried to avoid writing morality tales, much of Geisel’s work reflects his deep and lifelong commitment to liberal individualism. Seuss’s books, through their celebration of opportunity, cosmopolitanism, and human rights, read like childhood primers on the American values. But at the same time, they remind us that the ideals of freedom, self-interest, and liberty have always existed in tension with the pursuit of a common life and the personal sacrifices that such a life requires. Dr. Seuss remains a window into the deepest convictions and paradoxes of American culture.”

Lot’s more Seuss.