A Secular Franciscan looks at the world... with a more jaundiced eye than ever... and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text... (with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)
A question that will likely never be answered with certainty, but it takes me back to my university Shakespeare class days - a class I enjoyed greatly and did very well in. He's a fascinating subject, as are his works...
What is amazing (to me at least) is that Gloria Steinem is almost 10 years older than Aretha Franklin. Somehow Aretha has always seemed to be there in the music industry, while Ms. Steinem seemed so young in the heady years of the Women's Liberation Movement, yet was obviously much older. It's just a personal perception thing, I guess...