Trump sycophant Lindsey Graham died unexpectedly yesterday. I turn to Beckett, Orwell, Conrad and Eliot to sum up the man.
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Tag Archives: Samuel Beckett
The Lost Honor of Lindsey Graham
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Samuel Beckett’s Tennis Advice
Beckett, a tennis fan, has some lines that can bolster tennis players. Or at least get them through long slogs.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Amanda Anisimova, Aryna Sabalenka, Jannik Sinner, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, tennis, theater of the absurd, Thomas Swick, U.S. Open, Unnamable, Worstward Ho Comments closed
What Musk’s Favorite Books Reveal
In which I examine Musk’s favorite books to figure out what they reveal: Foundation Trilogy, Stranger in a Strange Land, Hitchhiker’s Guide, Atlas Shrugged, Waiting for Godot, and Lord of the Rings.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Any Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Elon Musk, Foundation Trilogy, Golden age of science fiction, Isaac Asimov, J.R.R. Tolkien, Joseph Heller, Lord of the Rings, Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, Waiting for Godot Comments closed
Donald Trump and Waiting for Justice
For years we have been awaiting for our own Godot, which is to say, justice for Trump. Perhaps Godot has finally shown up.
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Alas, Poor Twitter–I Knew Him, Ho-Ratio
Literary allusions have been flying, many with a sense of doom, since Elon Musk purchased Twitter.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Elon Musk, Hamlet, Henry VI Part 2, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, twitter, Waiting for Godot, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Waiting for Godot–or Gopot
Democrats waiting for bipartisan compromise is like waiting for Godot.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged congressional investigation of Jan 6, GOP, infrastructure bill, Kevin McCarthy, Waiting for Godot Comments closed
Fathers & Sons: He Goes His Way, I Mine
Wednesday The talk with my son that I described in Monday’s post reminded me of talks with my own father where I was sure he was wrong. I’ve since concluded that I was not as right as I thought I was and that our disagreements came down to our different life arcs. Our arguments came […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alfred Lord Tennyson, Blaise Pascal, Jean Paul Sartre, Rasselas, Samuel Johnson, Ulysses, Westword Ho! Comments closed
Are We Watching Shakespeare or Beckett?
Friday When assuring my English majors that they will find jobs in the world beyond college, I sometimes point out that they are experts in narrative. Increasingly we are learning how much we process reality through stories, and political operatives talk ceaselessly about “controlling the narrative.” How you organize facts (or for that matter, lies) […]
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