Those who want more militaristic posturing in our foreign policy should contemplate King Lear’s posturing.
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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Obama Is No King Lear (Thank Goodness!)
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GOP Denies a Giant Problem
Faced with climate change denialism, Obama has been forced to take executive action. Jonathan Swift would understand.
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Melville and Climate Change Denial
Melville’s “Benito Cereno” perfectly captures Rightwing denial of climate change.
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Melville’s Parable of American Denial
Melville’s “Benito Cereno” captures the contradictions of today’s conservative extremists.
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Will Oliver Finally Get Health Care?
Oliver Twist experiences the same ups and downs as Obamacare has. But there’s a happy ending.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged ACA, Charles Dickens, GOP, McCutcheon v FEC, Obamacare, Oliver Twist, politics, Supreme Court, Tale of Two Cities | Comments closed
Tom Perkins & America’s Dragon-Like 1%
Tom Perkins complaining about Nazi-like progressives resembles the dragon in “Beowulf.”
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Oedipal Blindness in Benghazi
Will Hillary and Obama achieve the wisdom of the suffering Oedipus following their missteps in Benghazi?
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Tea Party Racism and Flannery O’Connor
To understand Obama derangement and the government shutdown, Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Artificial Nigger” is a good place to start.
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Whoever Degrades Another Degrades Me
Whitman’s “Song of Myself” calls us to imagine the experience of the Other, just as Obama asked us to imagine the perspective of young black men.
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