To understand the ultra wealthy, read a recent Atlantic article on Jeff Bezos. And then read Fitzgerald’s “A Diamond as Big as the Ritz.”
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Bezos and the Diamond as Big as the Ritz
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Earth Day: Mary Oliver Notices
A Mary Oliver poem for Earth Day: “Ghosts” looks back at the large buffalo herds and forward to what it will take to restore nature.
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Listen Carefully, the Books Are Whispering
A Charles Simic poem celebrating the magic of libraries.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "World is too much with us", Charles Simic, Geoffrey Chaucer, libraries, Wife of Bath, William Wordsworth Comments closed
Mercutio’s False Equivalence
Mercutio’s words, “A plague on both your houses,” can be damaging if applied to our current two political parties.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged factionalism, false equivalence, mainstream media, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Ravenous Wolves in the White House
The archangel Michael in Paradise Lost foretells how people like Pete Hegseth will cite Jesus while behaving like “grievous wolves.”
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Measure for Measure and Our Religious Hypocrites
Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, about a pious but corrupt judge, captures many of our own political figures that are brandishing their religion.
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Hungary’s Freedom Poet
Hungary’s 19th century poet Sándor Petőfi played a role in Hungary’s election Sunday.
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The Croaking Chorus from the Frogs of Aristophanes
We are currently enjoying nightly frog choruses, which brings me around to Aristophanes’s “The Frogs.”