Monday My son gave me a tough-love talk about my writing at a wedding reception this past Saturday afternoon. We were in Iowa together for my wife’s nephew and Darien took a few moments to express doubts about book he is helping me self-publish. While he is a big supporter of the blog, he worries […]
Tag Archives: Jorge Luis Borges
Are We Overanalyzing Trump?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Knight" Donald Trump, Alexander Pope, Arthur Conan Doyle, Death and the Compass, Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, Study in Scarlet Comments closed
Trump Crimes in Plain Sight (Poe, Borges)
To understand how Trump can commit crimes in plain sight, read Poe and Borges.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged collusion, Death and the Compass, Donald Trump, Edgar Allan Poe, mainstream media, Purloined Letter, Vladimir Putin Comments closed
Don’t Shoot the Truth Tellers
Should we tell the truth if it undermines a social movement? Borges sets up the question, Jonathan Capehart, looking at the Ferguson shooting, provides an answer.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ferguson Missouri, Ferguson protests, hands up don't shoot, intellectual honesty, Theme of the Hero and the Traitor Comments closed
Coach James Caldwell, English Major
Colts Coach James Caldwell It appears that football will continue to occupy this website until the actual playing of the Super Bowl ends our annual week of collective hysteria and allows us to move on to other subjects. (Of course, as a Colts fan I am more hysterical this year than others.) Today I’m going […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Invictus", Authenticity, Death and the Compass, Ernest Henley, Football, Indianapolis Colts, James Caldwell, Sports Comments closed

