Is Kevin McCarthy like Macbeth? A little bit yes when it comes to ambition but more no.
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Is Kevin McCarthy a Macbeth? Nah
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How Media Would Spin Macbeth
In an effort to be fair to both sides, sometimes the media doesn’t call out falsehoods. Satirist Petri imagines a newspaper telling the story of the Macbeths.
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Merrick Garland as Birnam Wood
Garland, like Birnam Wood, moves inexorably on the authoritarian in charge.
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Was Jan. 6 Just Sound and Fury?
Is rightwing militancy in America no more than “sound and fury, signifying nothing”? We can but pray that it is.
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Can GOP Wash Its Hands of Capitol Blood?
While the Macbeths share many traits with Trump and his GOP enablers, they had least have the capacity for self-reflection.
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Trump & Covid: Tragedy or Farce?
Was the Rose Garden event for Trump’s new SCOTUS pick–which became a Covid superspreader event–a Shakespearean tragedy? How about a farce?
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Pratchett’s Witches to the Rescue
Terry Prachett’s comic fantasy sometimes describes our political reality as well as sophisticated political science.
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Hand Washing and the Coronavirus
The coronavirus is leading to a focus on hand washing, which brings Lady Macbeth to mind.
