Tag Archives: fairy tales

Into the Woods with Blake and Sondheim

By Robin Bates | Published: August 3, 2023

Blake and Sondheim both respect children’s need to explore far more than various book banners.

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Rumpelstiltskin, the GOP’s Dark Side

By Robin Bates | Published: August 1, 2023

“Rumpelstiltskin,” cited by a judge turning down a Trump request, is only too applicable, both to Trump and to the GOP.

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The Tornadoes and America’s Fairy Tale

By Robin Bates | Published: December 12, 2021

The Kentucky tornadoes bring to mind the cyclone in “Wizard of Oz.”

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The Good News: Dragons Can Be Defeated

By Robin Bates | Published: November 24, 2019

Chesterton gave Neil Gaiman the idea that we love fairy tales because they assure us that dragons can be killed.

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Saving Princesses from the Marriage Plot

By Robin Bates | Published: April 16, 2015

Long the target of feminist critiques, the princess story might have some progressive aspects.

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My Three Sons and the Mystic Power of 3

By Robin Bates | Published: July 31, 2009

  Yesterday I was talking to my wife about our children—who, at 27 and 25, I admit are no longer children.  Being the proud parents that we are, we were noting with wonder how they are identifying their gifts, building upon their strengths, and developing into fully self-actualized human beings.  As we talked, however, we […]

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