As you do with almost every Historical Magic piece you write, you moved my thinking immediately into the relationship of your observations with contemporary people and events. I want to believe that our courts strive for justice in their outcomes, but for me there is too much evidence that even what should be supreme is not Supreme. How much do law schools prepare students for procedures that are truly fair or are instead theatrics?
Historical fiction is often viewed as escapist, but I find that it generally makes me scrutinize our current political situation. I keep thinking that we should put more historical fiction on high school reading lists, both to interest students in history and to encourage the then-and-now comparisons which can be so thought-provoking.
As you do with almost every Historical Magic piece you write, you moved my thinking immediately into the relationship of your observations with contemporary people and events. I want to believe that our courts strive for justice in their outcomes, but for me there is too much evidence that even what should be supreme is not Supreme. How much do law schools prepare students for procedures that are truly fair or are instead theatrics?
Historical fiction is often viewed as escapist, but I find that it generally makes me scrutinize our current political situation. I keep thinking that we should put more historical fiction on high school reading lists, both to interest students in history and to encourage the then-and-now comparisons which can be so thought-provoking.