Tuesday The other day I detected one of Atlantic’s excellent columnists misusing a classical analogy. I flag Ed Kilgore, not to show off, but because the analogy is indeed enlightening if used correctly. See if you can find the mistake: This would suggest that the occasional efforts by individual Republican congressmen to show some distance from […]
Monthly Archives: November 2018
We Have Chance the Gardener as Prez!
Trump’s recent remarks about California forest management indicate that he really is Kosinski’s Chance the Gardener.
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A Whisper Will Be Heard in the Place
Yehuda Amichai’s “The Place Where We Are Right” may help heal election bruises.
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An Incel Killer and an English Major
Maura Binkley was an English major killed by an incel killer in a Tallahassee yoga studio. Her department chair turned to Shakespeare in his grief.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Hamlet, King Lear, Maura Binkley, Othello, Tallahassee yoga killing, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Read This Poem To Feel Better
Sheenagh Pugh’s “Sometimes” is a good poem to read if you’re feeling down.
“Anna Karenina” Saves a Prisoner’s Life
In an inspiring podcast, “Rough Translation” recounts how “Anna Karenina,” tapped out in morse code, saved a Somali political prisoner from madness.
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Blackburn Unsexes Herself over Guns
Tennessee Senator-elect Marsha Blackburn’s insensitivity towards gun victims invites comparisons with Lady Macbeth.
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When Will We Ever Learn?
Alfred Noyes’s “On the Western Front” challenges us to learn from our wars.
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