Three literary comparisons for Trump’s cabinet: Twain’s jumping frog, Lear’s elder daughters, Swift’s Lilliputians
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Monthly Archives: November 2025
DJT’s Cabinet: Jumping Frogs, Lilliputians
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift, King Lear, Mark Twain, Pam Bondi, William Shakespeare Comments closed
ICE Violates Charlotte’s Web
ICE has perverted “Charlotte Web” in its invasion of Charlotte.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Charlotte North Carolina, Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White, ICE Comments closed
Pullman Anticipates ICE Brutality
In “The Secret Commonwealth,” Pullman anticipates ICE’s bullying tactics.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged authoritarianism, ICE, Philip Pullman, Secret Commonwealth Comments closed
My College Search for Authenticity
In which I grapple with college feelings of inauthenticity.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Authenticity, father worship, Homer, Jean Paul Sartre, No Exit, Odyssey Comments closed
The Surrender Caucus, the Last Battle
The so-called Surrender Caucus of Democrats who broke the filibuster are like the dwarfs in C.S. Lewis’s “Last Battle.”
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Surprised by the Joy of Reading
In a satiric essay, a fictional writer begins by reading to impress and ends by loving to read.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Don Quixote, Moby Dick, Oscar Wilde, performance reading, Picture of Dorian Gray Comments closed
Military Service and the American Dream
Veterans of color, as Silko reveals in her novel “Ceremony,” often experience a disconnect between the military’s ideals and the country’s.