Chris Christie has resorting to plausible deniability such as that discussed in Shakespeare’s “Richard II” and “Antony and Cleopatra.”
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Sad Christie Knows Nothing
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Chris Christie, Murder in the Cathedral, politics, Richard II, T. E. Eliot, William Shakespeare Comments closed
The Dove Descends, the Spirit Soars
The baptism of Jesus, like his birth, symbolizes a moment when divinity enters the world.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Jesus' Baptism", baptism of Jesus, Bible, Epiphany, Malcolm Guite Comments closed
Cats as Transformation Artists
This Jean Cocteau poems captures the mercurial nature of cats.
An Ideal Mother
When I think of a mother-son relationship that most matches my own, I think of Betsy Trotwood and David Copperfield.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Everything that Rises Must Converge, Flannery O'Connor, mothers and sons, Oedipus, Parenting, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint, Sophocles, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf Comments closed
What Extreme Cold Teaches Us
As Coleridge and Mary Oliver teach us, when we are trapped in extreme cold, we come to value life.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Cold Poem", cold, icebergs, Mary Oliver, polar ice, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Winter Comments closed
Mowgli Upsets Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals losing to San Diego is like Shere Khan losing to Mowgli.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Cincinnati Bengals, Football, Jungle Book, NFL, Rudyard Kipling, Sports Comments closed
Why I Blog
Why I blog.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged blogging, Michel de Montaigne, Pensees, Reader Response Theory Comments closed
Christianity vs. Capitalism
Conservatives criticizing Pope Francis would benefit from this Robert Nemerov poem.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Boom!", Capitalism, Christianity, Howard Nemerov, Pope Francis Comments closed
