Adrian Peterson’s mistreatment of his four-year-old son has echoes of the caning described by Rudyard Kipling.
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Using Kipling to Voice Despair
Roger Cohen of the New York Times turns to a Kipling poem to express his despair about the world.
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A Kipling Response to the V.A. Scandal
Kipling predicted the V.A. scandal in his 1892 poem “Tommy.”
Mowgli, a Tea Party Libertarian?
Although Kipling’s “Jungle Books” sometimes read like a rightwing fantasy, there’s a progressive element as well.
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Mowgli Upsets Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals losing to San Diego is like Shere Khan losing to Mowgli.
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A Reminder Not to Forget War’s Ravages
Kipling’s “Recessional” curiously isn’t the imperialistic war poem that would have expected at Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee.
Did Martha Deserve Her Scolding?
A wonderful U. A. Fanthorpe poem tells Mary-Martha story from Mary’s point of view.
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Out There the World Is Cruel and Loud
The Prodigal Son is a fruitful story for artist projection.
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