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12. The Right Side of History?
In just three months, the harm wrought by the Trump administration has already surpassed the most pessimistic forecasts before his re-election. Never in living memory have the worst American tendencies been so unrestrained. Amid the shock and awe of the Project 2025 juggernaut–– never has the political opposition been so feeble. Never has American media,…
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11. Acknowledging a Shared Humanity
A recent CNN interview did not pry any answers from the architect of Trump’s draconian deportation plan–– but it did reveal his character. Throughout the interview, Stephen Miller dodged questions, talked over the host and smirked. In response to Jake Tapper’s repeated queries about the impact of mass deportation on US agriculture––Miller claimed that the…
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10. Touchy Humour
‘The Meaning of Monty Python’ (2013) features the five surviving Pythons––Cleese, Gilliam, Idle, Jones and Palin–– in conversation over tea in a living room setting. The documentary bookended the Turner Classic movie channel’s recent tribute to the legendary troupe. Shown before the documentary were ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ (1975), ‘The Life of Brian’…
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9. What Grounding for Poetry?
GMJ, a Professor of Education whom I had the pleasure of knowing in the 1980s-1990s, was a gifted raconteur. An immigrant from Wales, he had a sonorous voice and a sharp wit. A couple of times over “pints” (he preferred Britishisms) at the university pub, I heard his tales of teaching high school English in…
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8. Take #1 on the New Reality
From the mid-morning of November 6th 2024, I was on a long-distance bus on the Yucatan peninsula travelling between Campeche and Palenque, in eastern Chiapas. Even though I had purchased 5 Gs of cellular data for emergency use, I promised myself a news blackout through the day. In fact, I had timed my Mexican getaway…
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7. Blackness Ten Times Black?
In the growing ominousness of the upcoming US election, I can’t resist checking the polls at least twice a day. While Trump’s abominations have smashed through every threshold of decency, the loyalty of his supporters has grown fiercer. Still, polls suggests that Trump and Harris are in a statistical dead heat. I seize upon every…
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