“The Great Gatsby” helps explain Trump’s meltdown over Iranian resistance.
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Careless People Leaving Messes
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Reflections on the Nature of Satire
In which I sort out my mixed feelings about satire.
The Madness of Donald Trump
In which I compare Trump’s madness with that of King Lear.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Christopher Marlowe, Dante, dementia, Doctor Faustus, Donald Trump, Inferno, King Lear, Love Song of J. Alfred Pruforck, Marjorie Taylor Greene, T.E. Eliot, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Dickens and Our Rapacious Billionaires
“Our Mutual Friend” shows how immense wealth corrupts and brings unhappiness. Would that our rapacious billionaires would take note.
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A White Cross Streaming across the Sky
Mary Oliver’s “Swan” has an Easter message.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Fish", "Morning at Great Pond", "Swan", Easter, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver Comments closed
My Eldest Son, Named after a Keats Sonnet
I named my eldest son after a Keats poem and it may have paid off.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Upon First reading Chapman's Homer", Darien Bates, John Keats, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy Comments closed
A Morris Bishop April Fools’ Day Poem
A Morris Bishop April Fools’ Day poem, somewhat dark, to lighten the day.
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Iran War Planners Should Read Tolstoy
An Israeli war analyst says that the Iran war planners are blind to what could go wrong because they haven’t read their literature and history.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Iran invasion, Leo Tolstoy, Macbeth, War and Peace, war technology, William Shakekspeare Comments closed