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Don’t Cry For Me Venezuela

Posted on June 28, 2017 by jimmie

According to the great Dr. Johnson, “Men can be estimated by those who know them not, only as they are represented by those who know them.” An unavoidable universal contingency – for, indeed, we don’t know most of the people … Continue reading →

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Literature, Life & Baltimore Riots

Posted on April 29, 2015 by jimmie

“Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.” Hamlet, 1.3 Articles published on this site are occasionally posted on other social media outlets, such as, for example, the “LITERATURE” Linked-in group. Some critics in that group have objected to the … Continue reading →

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Prelude to the Farce, Farewell to the Truth

Posted on April 24, 2015 by jimmie

“Time’s glory is… to unmask falsehood and bring truth to light…” Rape of Lucrece That Hillary Rodham Clinton would attempt to, and probably will be, the next president of the United States, is the best un-kept secret of the last … Continue reading →

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Syriza, Not So Greek to Us

Posted on March 6, 2015 by jimmie

CASSIUS Did Cicero say any thing? CASCA Ay, he spoke Greek. CASSIUS  To what effect? CASCA (I don’t know)… but those that understood him smiled at one another and shook their heads; but, for mine own part, it was Greek … Continue reading →

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Comedy of Terrors

Posted on January 23, 2015 by jimmie

“Madness in great ones must not unwatch’d go.” Hamlet, act 3, sc. 1   While “misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows”(1), the FBI looks for strange bed-fellows to increase their misery – in the name of the war on … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Torture, Ideology and Ridicule

Posted on December 16, 2014 by jimmie

“If that be right which Warwick says is right, There is no wrong, but everything is right.” (King Henry VI part 3, act 2, sc. 2) Historians have written at length on the ideas that inspired great events. Take the … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Murder and Video Games

Posted on October 27, 2014 by jimmie

“…the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape” (Hamlet, act 2, sc. 2) Anita Sarkeesian is a feminist with a creative talent. A critic of video games, she analyses how women are therein portrayed, and how the implicit messages … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, New-speak, Double-think & Black-white

Posted on September 1, 2014 by jimmie

“A crafty knave does need no broker” (KHVI p2.1.2) Readers of this blog will no doubt have independently observed the current and ever-increasing instances of “Orwellian moments” in the speeches, utterings and “new-speak” declarations by regime pundits, or in sundry … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare & Independence Day

Posted on June 30, 2014 by jimmie

“…Believe my words, For they are certain and unfallible.” (King Henry VI part 1, act 1, sc. 2) So says the Duke of Orleans after explaining to the King of France that Joan of Arc is really endowed with supernatural … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Patriotism and Exceptionalism

Posted on June 2, 2014 by jimmie

“…there’s not one wise man among twenty that will praise himself.” Much Ado About Nothing, act 5, sc. 2 The term “Patria” or homeland is, of course, of Latin origin, meaning “land of the fathers”. In turn, presidents’ patriotic speeches … Continue reading →

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