Andrew Cuomo’s recent speech to the National Guard has echoes of Henry V’s St. Crispin’s Day speech on the eve of Agincourt.
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Cuomo Channels Shakespeare’s Henry V
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Trump’s Modest Proposal
It may be April Fools’ Day, but there are Republicans who are advocating a version of Jonathan Swift’s “Modest Proposal.” For real.
Not Poe’s Red Death but Still Dangerous
Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death” captures the belief that we can wall out epidemics and then dance the night away.
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