The Justice Department’s case against Comey brings to mind the Jarndyce case in “Bleak House.” Both have the effect of sapping time, money, energy and the will to live.
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DoJ’s Dickensian Assault on Justice
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MAGA’s Heretical Take on Jesus
Nicaraguan poet-priest Cardenal, embracing liberation theology, alludes to the Gospels in his poetry.
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My Life in Lit – Segregation
In which I recount growing up in segregated Tennessee and recount the books that helped me cope.
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Read for Fun, Not for the Test
Constant testing is sapping the joy out of reading. It’s also counterproductive as readers learn the most when they find reading fun.
A Poem Condemning Isolationism
In “There Are No Islands Anymore,” Edna St. Vincent Millay makes a powerful case against isolationism. It’s only too relevant today.
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La Rochefoucauld & GOP Hypocrisy
To understand MAGA following the Kirk shooting, look to the maxims of La Rochefoucauld.
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Comics Play Cheshire Cat to DJT’s Queen
Trump is sounding increasingly like Carroll’s Queen of Hearts, ordering executions when often fail to materialize.
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Rosh Hashanah and the American Dream
An Emma Lazarus Rosh Hashanah poem frames America as a promised land for Jews fleeing Russian prosecution.
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Childhood Confusion: Reading to the Rescue
Continuing on with my “A Life in Literature,” I look at some of the works that impacted me when I was 8-12. These include authors Lewis, Tolkien, Burnett and Shakespeare.
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