J.D. Vance's strange role
The difference between prominence and power
The saying, “Children should be seen and not heard” traces back to a book of sermons compiled by John Mirk in the late 1380s.
Mirk was a priest in Shropshire, in western England. His book, titled “Festial,” was so popular it was hand copied more than 40 times and, after Gutenberg’s invention of movable type…
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