Oscar Wilde once wrote that a mask tells us more than a face. Does this apply to coronavirus masks?
Monthly Archives: May 2020
Does a Mask Tell Us More than a Face?
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Reading Montaigne While Confined
In “Gentleman in Moscow,” the count turns to “Robinson Crusoe” to figure out how to survive. Reading Montaigne is a mixed bag.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Alexander Dumas, Amor Towles, Count of Monte Cristo, COVID-19, Daniel Defoe, Gentleman in Moscow, Michel de Montaigne, Miguel de Cervantes, quarantine, Robinson Crusoe Comments closed
Making Charn Great Again
How does one capture Trump’s disastrous handling of Covid? I invoke Jadis in “The Magician’s Nephew” destroying Charn.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged C. S. Lewis, COVID19, Donald Trump, GOP, Magician's Nephew, pandemics Comments closed
A World Charged with God’s Grandeur
Hopkins captures associates the Holy Spirit with the coming of spring, where we reconnect with nature’s beauty.
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The Good Place & Dante’s Inferno
The show “The Good Place” provides insight into Dante’s Inferno.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Dante, Divine Comedy, Good Place, Inferno, Jean Paul Sartre, No Exit Comments closed
Ride with an Outlaw, Die with Him
In “Lonesome Dove,” the feckless Jake Spoon falls in with some outlaws and gets punished for the association. A GOP-Trump comparison?
Is Golding’s Novel True? Sadly, Yes
A recent Guardian article about actual shipwrecked boys raises doubts about the psychology of “Lord of the Flies.” Sadly, the book is still true.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged authoritarianism, Donald Trump, Fascism, Lord of the Flies, Rutger Bregman, William Golding Comments closed
