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Shakespeare and the Sanitization of History at Purdue University

Posted on August 5, 2013 by jimmie

“… woe upon ye, And all such false professors!” (King Henry VIII, act 3, sc. 1) In the distant 1940 Bertrand Russell wrote, “Academic freedom in this country is threatened from two sources: the plutocracy and the churches, which endeavor between them to establish an economic and a theological censorship’” 73 years later the strength Read More

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Shakespeare and the Confirmation Hearing of the FBI Director

Posted on July 12, 2013 by jimmie

“The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest.” (Merchant of Venice, act 3, sc. 2) Comment. Watching a Senate confirmation hearing is a trying experience. Not because of the confirmation per se, but due to the abyss separating appearance from reality. Especially in the recent instance – the appointment of the Read More

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Shakespeare and the Treason of Public Trust. Who is the criminal?

Posted on June 25, 2013 by jimmie

“Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either’s purpose” (King Henry V, act 2, sc. 2) Comment.  Rarely an episode shows the symbolic meaning of things and the current patterns of society as the recent developments arising from Edward Snowden’s revelations. Revelations about the immense spying operation by the US Government Read More

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Shakespeare, Obama 007, License to Kill (Americans too)

Posted on June 12, 2013 by jimmie

“Off with the crown, and with the crown his head; And, whilst we breathe, take time to do him dead.” (King Henry VI part 3, act 1, sc. 4) Comment.  So says the Lancastrian Queen Margaret of the Yorkist Gloucester, captured in the battle of Sandal, during the War of the Roses. And “ …on Read More

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Shakespeare, Julius Caesar and Unrepeatable Scenes

Posted on June 3, 2013 by jimmie

“How many ages hence Shall this, our lofty scene be acted over, In states unborn and accents yet unknown.” (Julius Caesar, act 3, sc. 1) Comment. Unlike Cassius’ predictions on the legacy of Caesar’s murder, the shameful, shameless and abhorrent acts of American imperialism are not to be acted over but buried into the cesspool Read More

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Shakespeare, the Environment, Utah, a Hero and the Justice System

Posted on May 28, 2013 by jimmie

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, Devised at first to keep the strong in awe. Our strong arms be our conscience, swords and law!” (King Richard III, act 5, sc. 3) Comment.  Richard III was right. Conscience is but a word – actually a dirty word, at least in the current judicial system, Read More

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Shakespeare, Assange and How to Purchase a Coup d’Etat

Posted on May 10, 2013 by jimmie

“…  And oft is seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law.” (Hamlet, act 3, sc. 3) Comment. Julian Assange is a prisoner in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Meanwhile governmental agencies from various “democratic” countries are deploying a vast array of resources to destroy Wikileaks and to arrest its founder, the said Julian Read More

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Shakespeare and the Extreme Madness of Imperialism

Posted on May 3, 2013 by jimmie

“Mad world! mad kings! mad disposition!” (King Lear, act 2, sc. 2) Comment. Some visitors of this web-site may have already viewed the horrifying and tragic video of the military Boeing 747 that crashed after take-off in Afghanistan.  The plane was loaded with (4) armored vehicles that were to be flown to Dubai, the destination Read More

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Shakespeare, Thatcher, Chavez,Two Funerals and One Abyss

Posted on April 26, 2013 by jimmie

“A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.” (Hamlet, act 4, sc. 3)   Comment. Nothing can better represent the chasm, the divide, the dichotomy and the abyss between the classes of the 1% and of the 99%  than Read More

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Shakespeare, Boston, Texas and a Tale of Two Tragedies

Posted on April 23, 2013 by jimmie

“When beggars die, there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes” (Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 2) Comment. The April 15 bombing in Boston continues to dominate the American corporate media. The blasts killed three people and injured over 170. However, a much more deadly explosion, the West Fertilizer Read More

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