Shakespeare and Henry James showed up in commentary on this weeks events: the impending government shutdown and the required gathering of 800 military leaders.
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Tag Archives: U.S. military
Dems Channel Inner Lady Macbeth
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Trump’s Pecksniffian Trans Ban
Trump’s executive order banning trans from the military has been described as Pecksniffian, an allusion to the villain in Dickens’s “Martin Chuzzlewit.”
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Is John Kelly a Man for All Seasons?
Trump’s derogatory comments about the military would have been overheard by Gen. Kelly, who has been silent. “Man for All Seasons” helps us understand the meaning of such silence.
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