Richard Nanian
@litprof2
Keats, Calvino, Keaton, and Costello. I comment more often than I post. “I have little to say but much to add.” — Gore Vidal
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“Freedom is only part of the story and half of the truth. . . . That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.” — Viktor Frankl
Alexandra Petri is back with the latest from RFK Jr.’s brain worm. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…
A Temporary Respite from Arms Blah House Pride and Preference Somewhat Prolonged Jest The Partially Disrobed and the Seriously Ill And Then There Were Fewer A Connecticut Yankee in Small Claims Court
Soften a classic book title: To Gently Rebuke a Mockingbird The Grapes of Pique
The brilliant Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) with another column that sums up recent events perfectly. (Gift link.) wapo.st/3U8t7lS
The Russians are just punking us at this point. “Dmitri, you know what? We should make a convicted felon who registered as a foreign agent we paid $17 million in 2 years the head of Trump’s campaign.” “Yuri, come on!” “Then have him keep saying ‘Russia hoax’!” “Bahahahaha!”
Ave atque vale to the brilliant Karl Wallinger. He was the leader of World Party and a key member of The Waterboys during their “Big Music” phase. Everyone knows this song, but trust me, his catalogue is worth a deep dive. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHh0V7…
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The wonderful Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) with an appropriately furious column about the Alabama court’s throughly evil decision effectively ending IVF there. She usually makes her point with wit; this called for righteous scorn. Thank you. (Gift link) wapo.st/3T7dUlM
“That is why the peasant has wisdom, because he is defeated from the start. Put him in power and see how wise he is.” — Ernest Hemingway, “A Farewell to Arms”
Brian Phillips is our greatest living essayist. The way he weaves together comments on the film, historical context, & personal narrative, then pulls it all together into an unexpectedly moving deeper insight about art & humanity is magical. I actually gasped at the end.
I wrote about Oppenheimer theringer.com/2023/7/27/2380…
As others have noted, Putin & Prigozhin don’t have a hair’s breadth of difference been them morally. The only sane response is to view any conflict between them as we would view a knife-fight between Jeffrey Dahmer & Ted Bundy: don’t root for either; just hope neither walks away.
Alexandra Petri is the greatest political humorist since at least Buchwald, possibly Mencken (before he lost his mind over FDR). Read here (no paywall): wapo.st/43J5SC3
Twenty years later, it’s still the most compelling hour of TV I’ve ever seen. This is a lovely retrospective by the terrific Alan Siegel. theringer.com/music/2022/10/…
Films for my Literature & Film of the Holocaust course: Cabaret The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Au Revoir Les Enfants Schindler’s List The Pianist Europa, Europa The Grey Zone Sophie’s Choice The Pawnbroker Jojo Rabbit
Ave Atque Vale David Warner, an actor was never less than compelling.
Let fury have the hour, Anger can be power! Did you know that you can use it? — Joe Strummer (The Clash) Quick caveat: the key is “can be.” It’s not automatic. Poorly channeled anger can quickly be turned against you. Carefully directed rage can accomplish much.
Today is the 203rd anniversary of the birth of Walt Whitman: the great poet of American democracy, who transformed Emerson’s transcendentalism into verse much better than Emerson’s own and who saw “Leaves of Grass” as a new Bible for America. We could use him now.
“Biden and the Left is”? It’s a curse. Even the wife of a Supreme Court Justice is incapable of being grammatical when committing sedition.
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