In thinking he can act with total impunity, Trump echoes H.G. Wells’s Invisible Man.
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The Dream of Acting with Impunity
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SCOTUS’s Return to The Jungle
The rightwing Supreme Court is threatening to gut the regulatory agencies, set in motion years ago by a novel (Sinclair’s “Jungle”).
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Oliver: With Intense Cold Comes Honesty
Mary Oliver says that cold can force us to get real.
The Wonder of First Snow
Mary Oliver captures the wonder of a first snowfall.
The Stable Is Our Heart
L’Engle’s “Into the Darkest Hour” promises hope when everything is falling apart.
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Florida School Pulls Paradise Lost
A Florida County has pulled “Paradise Lost” from the shelves. It’s true that the work has “sexual content.”
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Truth in ’24, a Pearl of Great Price
Biden called for truth telling in a recent speech, reminding me of Cowper’s “The Task.”
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Trump, “Vermin” and Terry Pratchett
In “Snuff” one of Terry Pratchett’s angriest book, the author takes on racism, ethnocentrism, and intolerance.
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