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Shakespeare, Physiognomy, the Pope and Lavater

Posted on March 16, 2013 by jimmie

“Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters…” (Macbeth, act 1, sc. 5 Comment. As usual, there is a barrage of opposing statements regarding the new Pope’s relation with the Argentinian Junta, responsible for the so-called “Dirty War” and the repression of the 1970s – 1980s. Repression is actually Read More

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Shakespeare, Crowds in St. Peter’s Square and the Pope

Posted on March 14, 2013 by jimmie

“… is it fantasy that plays upon our eyesight?” (King Henry IV, part 1, act 5, sc. 3) Comment. Gustave Le Bon (1841-1931) was a French sociologist famous for his study of the behavior of crowds. His book “The Crowd – A Study of the Popular Mind” is instructive. As it is the case with Read More

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Shakespeare, Primroses, Austerity and Hypocrisy

Posted on March 13, 2013 by jimmie

…. The primrose path of dalliance threads And recks not his own rede” (Hamlet, act 1, sc. 3) Comment. If yesterday it was daffodils, today it is primroses (primula vulgaris, for the botanists), another floral emblem of Spring. Equally laden, furthermore, with symbolic and metaphorical meanings, pertinent to Laertes’ (as it’s the case here), as Read More

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Shakespeare and the Physics and Mathematics of NIST (National Institute of Science and Technology)

Posted on March 11, 2013 by jimmie

BIRON. By Jove, I always took three threes for nine. COSTARD. O Lord, sir, it were pity you should get your living by reckoning, sir. (Love’s Labours Lost, act 5, sc. 2) Comment. As it often happens, when an earth shattering episode becomes a myth, no rational discourse is any longer possible. This is the Read More

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Shakespeare, Chavez and the Associated Press

Posted on March 9, 2013 by jimmie

“Fellow kings, I tell you that that Lord Say hath gelded the commonwealth, and made it an eunuch” (KHVI p2.4.2) Comment. Among the large volume of nonsense uttered in the US corporate media regarding the death of Hugo Chavez, one of the most extraordinary prizes for stupidity (and that is being kind) must be assigned Read More

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Shakespeare on the Power of Imagination (or lack thereof)

Posted on February 16, 2013 by jimmie

“The lunatic, the lover and the poet, Are of imagination all compact. And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen Turns them into shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.” Midsummer Night’s Dream ((act 5, sc. 1)  Comment.  Many would agree that it is not Read More

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Shakespeare on the Latin in the Pope’s Resignation Text

Posted on February 13, 2013 by jimmie

“I smell false Latin.” (Love’s Labours Lost, act 5, sc. 1) Comment.  The day has finally come when my immensely useless learning (see “About the author” in the menu for details) can be put to task. With all respect for the Pope and for the Catholics, Benedict XVI’s resignation Latin speech contains (2) errors. Says Read More

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Shakespeare and Ed Koch

Posted on February 7, 2013 by jimmie

“…the tears live in an onion that should water this sorrow.” (Antony and Cleopatra, act 1, sc. 2)   Comment.  I am referring to the political persona, not to the human being. The death of Ed Koch, three times mayor of New York has brought in the usual flood of tributes from the establishment and Read More

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Shakespeare on King who had a dream and Obama who has a drone

Posted on January 18, 2013 by jimmie

IAGO. Will you hear me Roderigo? RODERIGO. Faith, I have heard too much; for your words and performance are no kin together. (Othello, act 4, sc. 3) Martin Luther King is a cultural icon who, these days, must be used sparingly by the apparatkit. Obama did not mention him in the original inauguration speech. It Read More

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Shakespeare on Injustice or Justice Unequally Applied

Posted on December 13, 2012 by jimmie

“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from brakes of ice, and answer none: And some condemned for a fault alone.” (Measure For Measure, act 2, sc. 1) Comments. The US incarcerates more of its citizens than any nation on earth, both in absolute numbers and proportionally. But the law is Read More

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