David Brooks recommends that young idealists toughen up a la Sam Spade.
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Young Idealists, Become Sam Spade
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Dashiell Hammett, Idealism, Maltese Falcon, politics, Sam Spade Comments closed
The Day Rabbits Attacked Napoleon
In honor of upcoming Earth Day, I share a poem based on an actual incidents where hundred of rabbits released to be hunted by Napoleon turned on the emperor’s party and routed them.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Rondo of Rabbit Run", Earth Day, Nature, Scott Bates Comments closed
Who Is Your Favorite Dickens Character?
Characters from Dickens novels reside so deeply within us as to become virtual lifelong friends.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Bleak House, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Hard Times, Pickwick Papers, Tale of Two Cities Comments closed
“Harry, I Am Your Father” – Voldemort
Voldemort can be interpreted as the father in Harry Potter’s primal scene.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Brothers Karamazov, Carl Jung, fathers, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, Joseph Campbell, Maturation, Oedipus complex, Sigmund Freud Comments closed
Reach Out, Like Thomas, into the Darkness
R. S. Thomas’s poem about religious doubt calls for a leap of faith in the midst of darkness.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Threshold", Doubt, R. S. Thomas, Religion, Resurrection Comments closed
Vigilante Films Responsible for Trayvon?
Trayvon Martin’s death has Americans rethinking the vigilante film.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Clint Eastwood, Death Wish, Gran Torino, John Ford, John Wayne, Martin Scorcese, Taxi Driver, Trayvon Martin, Vigilantism, violence Comments closed
Brecht Applied to Obamacare
Applying Brecht’s “Good Person of Szechwan” to Obamacare reveals America’s conflict between business and benevolence.
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