Tag Archives: Invisible Man

The Dream of Acting with Impunity

In thinking he can act with total impunity, Trump echoes H.G. Wells’s Invisible Man.

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Navarro, Wells, and Acting with Impunity

Recently convicted trump advisor Navarro thought he could defy the law with impunity–like Wells’s Invisible Man.

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Authoritarians Long to Act with Impunity

Authoritarians long to act with impunity. H.G. Wells captures this fantasy in “The Invisible Man.”

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France and England’s Titanic Match

To capture France-England’s titanic World Cup struggle, I turn to Ralph Ellison and Christina Rossetti.

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What Is Conversion?

For St. Paul, conversion was a blinding light. For Sir John Betjeman, it’s more a stumbling and blindly groping affair.

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GOP Has Perfected Invisibility

If Trump’s GOP is not held accountable for January 6, it will be Wells’s “Invisible Man” redux.

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Cops’ Invisible Disciplinary Records

There’s a thrill in acting with impunity. Bad cops know this and so does H.G. Wells’s invisible man.

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Read to Resist: An Introduction

Thursday I share today the introduction to my upcoming book, which is still in draft form and whose title I keep changing. Latest title: Read to Resist: Classic Lit Provides Tools for Battling Trump and Trumpism. I’m still not entirely satisfied with that and so will keep tinkering. In any event, here’s my first attempt […]

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Baldwin on Making Education Relevant

Baldwin’s “Essays to Teachers” reminds them of what education should really be about.

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