It’s not only Rush Limbaugh and Bill Maher who are use sexual epithets to denigrate women. King Lear does it too.
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Enough with Fixating on Female Sexuality
Rachel Kranz’s fiction shows how to step up with acquaintances use offensive sexist language.
Depth of Sea, Firmness of Rock, God
The magnificent poet attributed to St. Patrick looks to nature to provide images for God’s strength and support.
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Santorum, Like Dorothy, Keeps Going
In movie allusions used to capture the presidential primaries, Santorum is Dorothy, Romney is Terminator 3, and Gingrich is Bruce Willis in “The Sixth Sense.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Film, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, politics, Presidential election, Rick Santorum, Sixth Sense, Terminator 3, Wizard of Oz Comments closed
Falstaff and the Stolen Valor Act
Shakespeare’s Falstaff would be in violation of the Stolen Valor act, now being challenged before the Supreme Court.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Henry IV, Justice, Richard II, Stolen Valor Act, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Lost in America – A Van Winkle Moment
Patrick Logan, freelance writer and regular reader of this blog, sent me a marvelous essay about cultural dislocation that he wrote for the Manchester Union Leader. (I’ve made reference to previous articles that Patrick has written here). Patrick uses the famous Washington Irving story abut Rip Van Winkle to process his own shock when, returning […]
Bold Traveler, Set out for Ithaka (or Paliki)
Historical research suggests that Odysseus’s island may have been Paliki, not Ithaka. Cavafy’s poem “Ithaka” informs us that it doesn’t matter.
War’s Human Costs (So Rethink Iran)
Levertov’s “What Were They Like” gives us a poem that may help dampen hysteria about going to war with Iran.
Plucking Out the Fangs of Hate
Gibran’s version of Jesus driving the moneychangers from the temple wonders how he pulled it off.
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