Trump’s GOP has ways of disciplining members who depart from their leader’s talking points. Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon” explains how such pressure works.
Monthly Archives: December 2019
Trump as Sadist
Thinking of Trump as a sadist helps us better understand some of his initiatives. It’s therefore worth looking at Sade’s novels.
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With the Second Coming, Peaceful Animals
Spiritual Sunday Today’s gorgeous Old Testament reading (Isaiah 11:1-10), which captures the spirit of messianic hope, has images that Milton uses in Paradise Lost. While Isaiah is envisioning the coming of the Messiah, however, Milton is looking back to the world before the fall. It can be again in the future asit once was in […]
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Chaucer & a Trump-Enabling GOP
For a story that captures GOP readiness to believe all that Trump says, there’s Chaucer’s “Merchant’s Tale.”
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GOP’s Best Case: We’re All Mad
Two literary allusions by a Trump defender in yesterday’s impeachment hearings don’t bode well for the president.
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What Is This Thing Called Literature?
Arthur Krystal battles those who don’t want to distinguish between greater and lesser literature. He has a point.
Doubling Down on Trump’s Lies
Defending Trump’s lies is like covering for Sam Spade’s implausible story in “Maltese Falcon.”
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