Cynicism marks many of those who have sold their souls to Trump, making “Dorian Gray” a good lens through which to view them.
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GOP Operatives as Dorian Gray
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Depressing News? Read Gulliver
If you ever feel that humans are nothing more than Yahoos, Swift urges us to remember that there are good Samaritans amongst us.
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Swift’s Attack on Cynicism
Venturing into the heated atmosphere of Supreme Court confirmation politics yesterday is a nice lead-in to my topic for today, which is the temptation to become so disgusted with human behavior that we throw up our hands and walk away. Or, since walking away is not really an option, the fantasy of doing so. Jonathan […]