Friday A Washington Post column yesterday reminded me of a post I wrote a year ago and which I am reconfiguring for today. Seeking to balance the inspiring leadership of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky with the grim reality of the war, David Ignatius wrote, Zelensky has taken the West with him, emotionally, to the barricades […]
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Zelenskyy Could Be a Hugo Character
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For GOP, Hellish Descent Is the Easy Part
NeverTrumper Bill Krisol recently quoted Virgil in revealing that he may have to vote for a Democrat in the next presidential election.
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Putin, Like Satan, Assaults Humankind
Putin invading Ukraine is very much like Satan’s attack on Adam and Eve in Milton’s “Paradise Lost.”
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Vladimir Putin as Sauron
Putin resembles Sauron in various unsettling ways–and like as with Sauron, the world had a chance to stop him early and failed.
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Zelenskyy Cites a Russian Poem
In an attempt to shame the Russian invaders, the Ukraine president cited a popular Russian poem.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Do the Russians Want War", Ukraine, Ukraine invasion, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, World War II, Yevguein Yevtushenko Comments closed
Putin Quoting Tolstoy? Puleeze!
Putin claimed to quote Tolstoy but didn’t in his meeting with Biden. What he says is reminiscent of Flannery O’Connor’s Misfit, however.
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Trump Crimes in Plain Sight (Poe, Borges)
To understand how Trump can commit crimes in plain sight, read Poe and Borges.
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Donald Trump as Saruman
Like Saruman, Trump isn’t interested in traditional alliances but wants to link up directly with Sauron (a.k.a. Vladimir Putin).
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Robert Mueller as a Savior Ent?
The Russian trolls that interfered with the 2016 election resemble the Orcs attacking Helm’s Deep in “Lord of the Rings.” Do we have a version of the Ents in Robert Mueller to save us?
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