“Vertigo” is a film about how we are driven by desire and how to achieve it is to lose it.
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Why Did Vertigo Top Citizen Kane at #1?
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Citizen Kane, Desire, Sight and Sound poll, Vertigo Comments closed
School Band, Disharmony of the Spheres
Celebrating the agreement between the Chicago teachers and the city, here’s a humorous poem about school band.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Junior High Band Concert", David Wagoner, Education, Teacher Strike Comments closed
Dragon Billionaires Assaulting America
Mitt Romney’s characterization of 47% of the American public as people who won’t take responsibility for their lives signals that he is a dragon in the Beowulf mode.
The Terrible Beauty of Political Fanatics
In “Easter, 1916,” Yeats gives us a framework for understanding the ambivalence of Muslim moderates towards protesters.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Easter 1916", Islam, Muslim demonstrations, Political violence, William Butler Yeats Comments closed
How Right Wing Would Respond to Tess
Tess of the D’Urbervilles puts a human face on the dilemmas of rape victims. Romney/Ryan, take note.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Abortion, Election 2012, Paul Ryan, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy, war on women Comments closed
How Rosh Hashanah Is Like Swimming
Poet Enid Shomer describes Rosh Hashanah as a swimmer beginning on the surface but eventually sinking deep within the water/rituals.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Freestyle on the First of Tishri", Enid Shomer, Judaism, Religion, Rosh Hashanah Comments closed
Calling on Beowulf in the Middle East
Middle Eastern leaders could learn from Beowulf–and so could Mitt Romney–as they deal with anti-American riots.
Citizen Romney–Is There Anything Inside?
Mitt Romney, like Citizen Kane, is a cipher. What drives him other than a desire to appear big?
Books That Have Shaped America
The Library of Congress names 91 books that shaped America.
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