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The eternal liberal wisdom of PlantyPall
I wasn’t thinking about politics when recently I re-read Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels. I was considering the emotional risk in revisiting favorite fiction. To wit: I was in turbulent adolescence when I first read Wuthering Heights, so naturally Heathcliff became … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Culture, Government, Politics, The Facts of Life, The War On Workers, War
Tagged "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", "The Prime Minister", Anthony Trollope, Congress, conservatism, Duke of Omnium, Eric Bogle, Gallipoli, Heathcliff, June Tabor, liberalism, Parliament, Plantagenet Palliser, PlantyPall, The Duke's Children, The Palliser Novels, World War I, Wuthering Heights
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How to do diplomacy in the face of war
Like you, I read about (or maybe just skim over) Trump’s egregiously wacky jabs at convincing everyone he knows what he’s doing. One of the many things he knows nothing about is diplomacy, which demands a grasp of reality he … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Government, Immigration, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War
Tagged "Taking Manhattan", "The Island at the Center of the World", Hudson Bay, Iran war, Manhattan Island, New Amsterdam, New England, Peter Stuyvesant, Richard Nicolls, Russell Shorto, Trump
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Another sign of the “End Times”? Or the “Second Coming”?
MediaMatters, the sharpest eyes watching over the (nutso) media business, just informed us that extreme Christian media figures are saying Trump’s irrational war may be the beginning of the “End Times.” Or the “Second Coming”. Or both. Naturally, all this … Continue reading
Posted in Religious fundamentalism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War
Tagged Christian beliefs, End Times, Second Coming, Trump's war
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