Men who burn children alive are not rejected outright, but are found to have redeeming qualities by their political supporters. Something so inconceivably terrible is happening in full view, but what it signifies about Biden and Trump, the Democrats and the Republicans, is let slide, as if genocide were just a minor foible.
James Agee (November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) On the Romantic poet John Keats’ tombstone in the…
“Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past. What…
Nietzsche was right about writers when he said their work is a personal confession, “a kind of involuntary and unconscious memoir.” No doubt this is true for me.
The following article, in a slightly different form, appears in my new book, At the Lost and Found (Clarity Press)…
We live in a 24/7 media society of the spectacle where brainwashing is cunning and relentless, and the consuming public…
Art requires the use of imagination, but so does political and social analysis. But imagination is just a first step;…
Eighty-nine years ago this month, the film Modern Times, starring Charlie Chaplin, was released. Considered one of the greatest movies…
I think the talk of a Trump revolution in favor of peace and democracy is hyperbolically irresponsible. It is unworthy of good journalism that requires prudence and patience when the powerful pitch their deals.
I am certain of this, however, that there is much to be said for talking to the dead, even asking them if they are nostalgic.