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Trapped in Trump’s Morality Play

Trump’s administration resembles a medieval morality play like “Everyman,” what with its caricatured figures of vice. Luckily, the play has a happy ending.

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A Debate about Sex, Pullman vs. Milton

This is the 20th anniversary of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” series, which gives me an excuse for once again tilting with the fantasy author and figuring out my own thoughts on our vexed relationship with sexuality and our bodies. Once again I conclude that Milton goes far deeper into these issues than Pullman does.

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