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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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Why must news media report EVERYTHING Trump says and does?
So much in this world depends upon character that attention has to be paid to bad character even when it is not deserved. — Anthony Trollope, Dr. Wortle’s School
Posted in Government, Journalism, News media, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged "Dr. Wortle's School", Anthony Trollope, Trump
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In 1874 Trollope was cynical about public events. Have things changed?
In affairs of public interest we often know, or fancy that we know, down to every exact detail, how a thing has been done,– who have given the bribes and who have taken them, — who has told the lie … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, Journalism, The Facts of Life
Tagged Anthony Trollope, Lady Anna, Rupert Murdoch
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