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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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Scenes from my life: Meeting Robert Redford
He was wearing a World War I US Army uniform… I was wearing a summer sweater and white jeans… …with my Paramount Pictures ID badge 181 pinned on. The setting was a palatial room at Marble House, one of Newport’s … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged Daisy Buchanan, Francis Coppola, Grand Trianon, Hank Moonjean, Jack Clayton, Jay Gatsby, Marble House, Mia Farrow, Newport RI, Paramount Pictures, Robert Redford, Rosecliff, The Great Gatsby, World War I
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“Blood and Ruins,” a revelatory history
Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945, by British historian Richard Overy. That’s the book that has transformed my mind. So much so, every day I find myself absorbing news about our world and events within it with such … Continue reading
Posted in Government, The Facts of Life, War, War on Ukraine
Tagged ", "Blood and Ruins, Baltic states, Harry Truman, NATO, Putin, Richard Overy, Russia, Soviet Union, Stalin, United States and NATO, World War I, World War II
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