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Tag Archives: Modest Proposal
Reflections on Internet Trolling
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "War Song of Dinas Vawr", Argument against Abolishing Christianity, blogging, Isaac Bickerstaff Papers, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Love Peacock Comments closed
If Swift Had Known Donald Trump…
Jonathan Swift would have had a field day with Donald Trump. I suspect I’ll say this often in the upcoming years.
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A Modest Proposal for Shooting Students
Reacting against a proposal to allow guns on Idaho campuses, an Idaho professor has come up with a modest proposal of his own.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged gun control, guns on campuses, Jonathan Swift, NRA Comments closed
Stewart Should Learn from Jonathan Swift
Jon Stewart may be one of our leading satirists, but satire comes up short in handling this country’s healthcare crisis.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged ACA, Gulliver's Travels, Jon Stewart, Jonathan Swift, Obamacare Comments closed
Swift and Food Stamp Cuts
What would Jonathan Swift say to GOP radicals who seek to cut food stamps.
If They Lose, Irish Can Turn to Poetry
Even if they lose the national championship game, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame have Ireland’s poetic legacy to fall back on.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Easter 1916", "Irish Airman Foresees His Death", Alabama Crimson Tide, Dubliners, Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, Football, James Joyce, Jonathan Swift, Sports, Ulysses, William Butler Yeats Comments closed
The NRA’s Modest Proposal
The NRA’s call for armed guards in every school sounds like Swift’s “Modest Proposal”–only the NRA is serious.