To understand the Trump trials, check out Lewis Carroll’s Alice books.
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To Understand Trump’s Trials, Ask Alice
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Revolutionary Mother Goose
Mother goose rhymes, nonsense verse, and playful fantasy are essential to our mental health.
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Alice, Victorian Rebel
Lewis Carroll’s Alice books use nonsense to hold off no-nonsense adult society.
The Usefulness of “Let’s Pretend”
In “Seduced by Story,” Brooks challenges the idea that literature is meant to be useful. Instead, he says, it resembles play (and then acknowledges that play itself is useful).
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Humpty Dumpty Cited in Trump Case
Lewis Carroll and George Orwell made an appearance in the real estate case against the Trumps.
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Read Jabberwocky for Covid Protocol
“Jabberwocky” can trigger a great discussion about post-covid-vaccination protocol.
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My White Queen Injury Experience
My recent axe injury resembled the “Alice through the Looking Glass” scene where the White Queen cuts herself with a brooch.
The GOP, through the Looking Glass
Cartoonist Tom Toles has a very smart Alice-through-the-Looking-Glass take on Trump and the GOP.
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And Thick and Fast, They Came at Last
People are now rushing forth to reveal Trump secrets–like the oysters in “The Walrus and the Carpenter.”
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