Grimké’s “Puppet-Master” can be applied to Putin pulling DJT’s strings.
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Monthly Archives: October 2026
Putin as Puppet-Master
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Harlot's House", "Puppet-Master", Angelina Weld Grimké, DJT, Hillary Clinton, Oscar Wilde, Vladimir Putin Leave a comment
Art, for When Life Is at Its Worst
In Lapus Lazuli, Yeats shows us how art offers us hope even at the darkest times. He wrote this on the eve of World War II.
The Iliad Saved My Freshman Year
In which I explain how The Iliad saved my freshman year in high school.
Zuckerberg, Grendel, and the Cool Kids’ Table
Sorkin says the Zuckerberg (and Trump) are perpetually angry from having been denied admission to the cool kids’ table. Grendel is the same.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Beowulf, DJT, Mark Zuckerberg, resentment, Social Reckoning Comments closed
The Fine Balance between Hope and Despair
Mistry’s “Fine Balance,” which describes tyranny in India in 1975 and 1984, can be applied to DJT’s America in unsettling ways.
Joy Harjo and Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Joy Harjo’s “Remember,” a poem that captures the spirit of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
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Ted Lasso and Mary Oliver??
Ted Lasso ends season four with a VoiceOver reciting Mary Oliver’s “When Death Comes.” I explore why.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "This Be the Verse", "When Death Comes", Mary Oliver, Philip Larkin, Soccer, Ted Lasso Comments closed
The Golden Calf, a Multicultural Ideal
A rabbi poet rethinks the golden calf story as a celebration of multiculturalism in the face of ethnic nationalism.