In thinking he can act with total impunity, Trump echoes H.G. Wells’s Invisible Man.
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The Dream of Acting with Impunity
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Navarro, Wells, and Acting with Impunity
Recently convicted trump advisor Navarro thought he could defy the law with impunity–like Wells’s Invisible Man.
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Authoritarians Long to Act with Impunity
Authoritarians long to act with impunity. H.G. Wells captures this fantasy in “The Invisible Man.”
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France and England’s Titanic Match
To capture France-England’s titanic World Cup struggle, I turn to Ralph Ellison and Christina Rossetti.
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What Is Conversion?
For St. Paul, conversion was a blinding light. For Sir John Betjeman, it’s more a stumbling and blindly groping affair.
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GOP Has Perfected Invisibility
If Trump’s GOP is not held accountable for January 6, it will be Wells’s “Invisible Man” redux.
Cops’ Invisible Disciplinary Records
There’s a thrill in acting with impunity. Bad cops know this and so does H.G. Wells’s invisible man.
Read to Resist: An Introduction
Thursday I share today the introduction to my upcoming book, which is still in draft form and whose title I keep changing. Latest title: Read to Resist: Classic Lit Provides Tools for Battling Trump and Trumpism. I’m still not entirely satisfied with that and so will keep tinkering. In any event, here’s my first attempt […]
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Baldwin on Making Education Relevant
Baldwin’s “Essays to Teachers” reminds them of what education should really be about.
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