Trump’s torrent of lies in Thursday’s debate brings to mind Swift’s poem “Description of a City Shower.”
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Trump’s Debate and Swift’s City Shower
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Debunking Cherished Myths
In Brecht’s “Galileo,” we see how myths blind us to facts. Consider the the wild west myth that a only good guy with a gun will take down a bad guy with a gun.
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Wanted: Teachers, Not Martyrs
Some say teachers should, like soldiers, should put their lives on the line. This A.E. Housman poem brings up the question of whether even soldiers should do so when there sacrifice will be meaningless.
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