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I’ve been re-reading Russian lit and have been stunned by one universal theme
I didn’t say to myself one day, “I’m going to read my collection of Russian lit.” There was no such plan. Simply, I decided it was time to re-read Anna Karenina. I was uneasy about doing it, uneasy about the … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged Anna Karenina, Bolshevism, Chechov, emphysema, Eugene Onegin, Henri Troyat, Jane Eyre, Lenin, Pushkin, Russian literature, Stalin, Tolstoy, Trotsky, Vladimir Nabokov, War and Peace, Wuthering Heights
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Things are happening
♥ From TPM, “A Justice Department investigation into ex-President Donald Trump and White House staffers’ handling of 15 boxes of classified documents that were taken to Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida at the end of his presidency is now reportedly … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Government, Judiciary, Law, suits and order, political campaigns, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War on Ukraine
Tagged Andy Biggs, classified documents, DOJ, grand jury investigation, Jay Rosen, Jim Jordan, Julia David, Kevin McCarthy, Mar-a-Lago, Mo Brooks, Pennsylvania Senatorial GOP primary, Philadelphia Inquirer, Scott Perry, TPM, Trump, War and Peace
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Mysteries of Life: Searching for an explanation. Finding it
The past six years. They have prodded me multiple times to ask the question, “How has this happened?” and then delve into any rational, comedic or scientific theory which satisfies me for a day or so. Until I find another … Continue reading
Posted in Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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