Radiologist Scott Atlas has Trump’s ear about Covid, with disastrous implications. Perhaps he thinks he’s Charles Atlas or the Atlas in “Atlas Shrugged.”
Monthly Archives: October 2020
Scott Atlas’s Miracle Covid Cure
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Biden-Trump Invites Dickens Comparisons
If one thinks of the 2020 election in Dickensian terms, several novels come to mind.
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Berryman Predicted Trump’s America
Berryman’s “Dream Song 46” is an unsettling description of today’s America.
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Glück: Teen Sex, Rape and Persephone
Louise Glück’s “Persephone the Wanderer” is a nuanced exploration of teenage sex and rape that goes in some unexpected directions.
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Lebron Held the Sky Suspended
The Lakers signed Lebron James and two years later have a championship. While some see him as a mercenary, A.E. Housman has good things to say about mercenaries.
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Questionnaire for Book Lovers
A questionnaire for Book Lovers.
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I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Lied
Monday A poem came readily to mind as I watched the moment, during last week’s vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, when a fly nestled in Pence’s hair and remained there for a full two minutes. As one Dickinson-quoting wag put it, “I heard a fly buzz when I lied.” But that’s not […]
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