John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) was an American poet whose humanitarianism and great popular appeal established him as an important 19th-century figure. John Greenleaf Whittier was born on a farm near Haverhill, Mass., on Dec. 17, 1807, of poor Quake...
John Greenleaf Whittier's importance to America's cultural life, and the claim he makes on our remembrance, is at least twofold. In the first place his life was and remains a model of dedication to the twin principles of freedom and tolerance. In the lon...
Although John Greenleaf Whittier's reputation as a poet declined drastically in the twentieth century, his career is of continuing interest as an example of the writer functioning as a deeply committed reform activist. In the thirty-year struggle to abol...
Michael Kelly This is wartime, friends, and war is hell on liberties By MICHAEL KELLY National Journal Friday, June 14, 2002 "The FBI is now telling the American people, 'You no longer have to do anything unlawful to get...
Memorial Day weekend brings an encore showing of "Toon Heads: The Wartime Cartoons," airing on Sunday from 9 to 10 p.m. on cable's Cartoon Network. George Klein, who wrote and produced the documentary with Jerry Beck, said he looked at hundreds of cartoons...
