Mother Jones columnist David Corn finds increasing relevance in Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel “It Can’t Happen Here.”
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Revisiting “It Can’t Happen Here”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged 1984, Donald Trump, Fascism, George Orwell, It Can't Happen Here, MAGA, Sinclair Lewis Comments closed
Revolutionary Mother Goose
Mother goose rhymes, nonsense verse, and playful fantasy are essential to our mental health.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Owl and the Pussycat", Age of Reason, Alice in Wonderland, Alice through the Looking Glass, anarchy, Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss, Edward Lear, Essay on Human Understanding, John Locke, Lewis Carroll, Mother Goose Comments closed
What Are Days For? Larkin’s Non Answer
In “Days,”Larkin urges us to make the most of each day.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Days", "Garden of Love", living in the moment, Macbeth, Philip Larkin, William Blake, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Every Stone and Every Star a Tongue
17th century poet Traherne as an early version of Green Gospel, a recent book by John Gatta.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Dumbness", "Sand Is Endless", Alfred Lord Tennyson, Environmentalism, Green Gospel, John Gatta, Nature, Thomas Traherne, Trinity, Walking, William Blake Comments closed
Conquering the Darkness Within
Pratchett’s novel “Thud!” is a plea to find inner strength rather than yielding to blind rage.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Buch-Cheney administration, Donald Trump, Islamic fundamentalism, Terrorism, Terry Pratchett, Thud!, Tom Nichols Comments closed
Leo, the Napoleon of Rightwing Courts
Leonard Leo, who has been successful remaking the Supreme Court, resembles Doyle’s Professor Moriarty.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, Leonard Leo, Professor Moriarty, rightwing judiciary, Sherlock Holmes Comments closed
Gandalf and Saruman, Biden and Trump
The both-siderism that equates Trump with Biden would probably equate Saruman with Gandalf.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged both-siderism, Donald Trump, Election 2024, J.R.R. Tolkien, Joe Biden, Lord of the Rings Comments closed
Alexei Navalny as Harry Potter?
Some Russians saw Navalny, recently killed by Putin, as a Harry Potter “boy who lived.” That dream is gone but others live on.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "meeting after the savior gone", Alexi Navalny, authoritarianism, Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, Lucille Clifton, Martin Luther King, Vladimir Putin Comments closed
