“Sandy” conjures up for me a traumatic childhood reading experience along with a passage from “The Tempest.”
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Hell Is Empty and All the Devils Are Here
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Hurricanes Make Us All Poor, Infirm, Weak
The onslaught of Hurricane Sandy reminds us of King Lear’s storm experience.
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Mitt Minderbinder, Cynicism Unlimited
Mitt Romney would find a kindred soul in Joseph Heller’s cynical entrepreneur Milo Minderbinder.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Catch 22, Election 2012, Joseph Heller, Mitt Romney, politics Comments closed
A Vast Unfolding Design Lit by a Risen Sun
Denise Levertov wrestled with God’s relationship to evil in the world.
Giants Stand Tall, Defy Ezra Pound
The San Francisco Giants would make their 1960’s forebears proud.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Baseball, baseballl, Cantos, Ezra Pound, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, San Francisco Giants, Sports Comments closed
An Environmentalist’s Revenge Fantasy
Scott Bates proves an environmentalist’s revenge fantasy against those violating the earth.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Z Is for the Zap of Zorro", Election 2012, Environmentalism, Scott Bates Comments closed
Steinbeck on Why the Rich Are Unhappy
Steinbeck and the Beowulf poet both point out that piling up wealth does not lead to happiness.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Beowulf, Grapes of Wrath, greedy kings, John Steinbeck, Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, wealthy Americans Comments closed
What Holden Would Say about Mitt
Holden Caulfield would definitely apply his favorite word to Mitt Romney.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged 2012 election, Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger, Mitt Romney Comments closed
Serving Students a Jane Austen High Tea
Serving my students a Jane Austen high tea made the novels come alive.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Education, high tea, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility Comments closed
