Getting soaked on Disney’s Splash Mountain did not bring me joy. But getting soaked year after year for the last 20 years brought our daughter joy and her joy brought us joy. Most of the joy was from ...

Enquiring minds want to know: What the heck is up with Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein? Whether it’s a slow news month or just proof that the news business has a sweet tooth for the salacious, all ...

The current mess overseas brought to mind the old story of Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby. If you remember this story, Brer Rabbit also got himself into a mess by trying to fight the Tar Baby, which was ...

How old were you when you recall hearing the story of Brer Rabbit — a trickster character who lived by his wits, getting out of potentially life-ending scenarios by being crafty enough to out-think ...

It’s the year of the Rabbit. And I’ve been thinking a lot about Brer Rabbit. Now that the House Of Mouse has decided to switch out one of it’s flume rides for another attraction (also based on a Mouse ...

The Tar Baby gets a bad rap. As does Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox and Brer Bear and all the other characters that inhabit what’s commonly known as the Uncle Remus stories. Truth be told, there’s nothing ...

Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit were bitter enemies. They hated each other and did everything they could to be downright unpleasant whenever they met. Brer Fox was faster and stronger than Brer Rabbit, but ...

The unacknowledged debt Potter owed to the Brer Rabbit stories told by enslaved Africans deserves to be recognised, says scholar Think of Beatrix Potter and you will probably call to mind her tales of ...