Using lizards, Douglas Adams makes a memorable case for voting for the lesser to two evils.
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Vote for the Best Lizard
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Trump-Graham as Dracula-Renfield
South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham is to Trump what Renfield is to Dracula–and could suffer a similar fate.
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Learning to Feel the Sea
Jennifer Michael’s luminescent poem “Opening the Hand” describes how she first experienced the power of the sea.
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Langston Hughes on Evictions
When potentially 23 million American renters facing eviction, Langston Hughes’s “Ballad of a Landlord” feels timely.
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I Have Seen the Sun Break Through
R.S Thomas has a fine poem drawing on Jesus’s images of spiritual exploration as a pearl of great price and a field with buried treasure.
Trump’s Troops Have No Stinkin’ Badges
Trump’s special federal troops claims they need not wear identifying badges, bringing to mind the most famous line from the novel (and film) “Treasure of the Sierra Madre.”
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Circle of Reason Villain Resembles Trump
Amitav Ghosh’s novel “Circle of Reason” features a wannabe autocrat who has an eerie resemblance to Donald Trump.
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The Tomato Sheds Its Own Light
Neruda’s “Ode to Tomatoes” is a perfect poem for midsummer.
