A mother, brutalized by federal agents who got the wrong house, seemed to be channeling “Merchant of Venice” in her response.
Tag Archives: Justice
Pricked and Bleeding Thanks to Trump
Responding to the Verdict: Trump & Fagin
How did Trump feel as the verdict was delivered? Perhaps like Fagin in “Oliver Twist.”
Navarro, Wells, and Acting with Impunity
Recently convicted trump advisor Navarro thought he could defy the law with impunity–like Wells’s Invisible Man.
Is Jack Smith a Javert?
A Trump co-conspirator is complaining that special counsel Jack Smith is like Javert. I explore the comparison.
Faulkner’s Sanctuary, Trump’s Charges
Reading Sanctuary while awaiting a Trump indictment is a good counterweight to facile optimism. In Faulkner’s world, the courts can’t save us.
Ukraine’s Thermopylae–and Our Own
Cavafy’s poem “Thermopylae” comes to mind as we watch the Ukrainian defenders hold off the Russian hoards attacking Mariupol.
A Trans Activist and a Poetic Judge
When forced to rule against transgender student Gavin Grimm because of a Trump administration directive, the sympathetic judge quoted a Naomi Shihab Nye poem. I examine the poem here and show why it is applicable to Gavin’s case.