“The Great Gatsby” helps explain Trump’s meltdown over Iranian resistance.
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Monthly Archives: April 2026
Careless People Leaving Messes
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Reflections on the Nature of Satire
In which I sort out my mixed feelings about satire.
The Madness of Donald Trump
In which I compare Trump’s madness with that of King Lear.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Christopher Marlowe, Dante, dementia, Doctor Faustus, Donald Trump, Inferno, King Lear, Love Song of J. Alfred Pruforck, Marjorie Taylor Greene, T.E. Eliot, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Dickens and Our Rapacious Billionaires
“Our Mutual Friend” shows how immense wealth corrupts and brings unhappiness. Would that our rapacious billionaires would take note.
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A White Cross Streaming across the Sky
Mary Oliver’s “Swan” has an Easter message.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Fish", "Morning at Great Pond", "Swan", Easter, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver Comments closed
My Eldest Son, Named after a Keats Sonnet
I named my eldest son after a Keats poem and it may have paid off.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Upon First reading Chapman's Homer", Darien Bates, John Keats, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy Comments closed