Donald Trump as Captain Queeg and the captain in Eggers’s novel “Captain and the Glory.”
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Trump as Captain Queeg
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Andrew Cuomo, Caine Mutiny, Captain and the Glory, COVID-19, David Eggers, Donald Trump, Herman Wouk, Maureen Dowd, Mutiny on the Bounty., New Hampshire primary Comments closed
You, Governor Haley, Are No Beowulf
Trump may be a Grendel but unfortunately Nikki Haley is no Beowulf.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Beowulf, bullies, Donald Trump, New Hampshire primary, Nikki Haley Comments closed
Thrown and Raised at the Same Moment
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The Team Named After a Poem
The Baltimore Ravens, headed for the AFC championship game, are the only team named after a poem. In some ways, the poem fits them.
Will AI Be Used To Suppress Votes?
In 1973, an Angela Carter predicted the power of unreality to take over our lives. In 2024, AI may be proving her right.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged AI, Angela Carter, Donald Trump, elections, Fox News, Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. Hoffman, Trumpism, vote suppression Comments closed
Upon the Meaning of Feeling Guilty
In which I reflect upon why we feel guilty for things beyond our control. Anouilh’s “Antigone” and a Clifton poem enter into the exploration.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "poem with rhyme in it", Antigone, guilt, injustice, Jean Anouilh, Lucille Clifton Comments closed
Are You an Antigone or an Ismene?
In an essay calling Chinese activist Chow Hang Tung “the Antigone of Hong Kong,” Wendy Gan compares herself to Ismene.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged activism, Antigone, authoritarianism, Chinese repression, Chow Hang Tung, Hong Kong, Oedipus in Colonus, political dissent, Power of the Powerless, Sophocles, Tiananmen Square, Vaclav Havel Comments closed
A Cold Coming We Had of It
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