Is civic virtue becoming a relic of the past? Gullliver’s Travels can help keep it alive.
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Gulliver Reminds Us of Civic Virtue
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Swift Foresaw ChatGPT’s Problems
Swift anticipated ChatGPT in “Gulliver’s Travels,” along with the problems that have arisen.
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To Be Trump’s VP, Leap and Creep
The competition to be Trump’s VP resembles the stick leaping and crawling contest in Lilliput.
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On Gulliver and Biden Putting Out Fires
Disagreeable measures used to combat Covid were like Gulliver pissing on a palace fire to save the structure.
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Beware Freeing an Authoritarian Gulliver
Dreams of a strongman freeing himself from Lilliputian ropes is a dangerous fantasy, Swift explains.
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Lit Heals By Keeping Us Off Balance
Different literary techniques have been used over the centuries to keep us on our toes.
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Swift Understood Trumpian Fascism
Trump’s use of “vermin” to characterize his enemies is fascist talk. “Gulliver’s Travels” shows where such talk can lead.
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Swift on How to Ignore 115,000 Deaths
Trump and others appear to be shrugging off the 115,000 (and counting) Covid-19 deaths in America. Gulliver in Book IV shows similar insensitivity.
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Is Old Age Becoming Overrated?
A “New Yorker” article on aging turns to literature to debunk the notion that aging is a good thing.
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