February 2, 2017 Lots of rich reflections that will help us to understand the whirlwind of the Trump forces buffeting us, while mobilizing all the varied forms of xenophobias and…
“Bring the pure wine of love and freedom. But sir, a tornado is coming. More wine, we'll teach this storm A thing or two about whirling.” RUMI January 5, 2017…
December 21, 2016 Dylan embraces the ghost of Shakespeare (1564–1616) These have been strange days; in Trumpland (or America Inc.) every impending appointment in the cabinet brings (mostly) men…
Tara Fitzgerald, as Lady Macbeth from Globe Production, 2016, dir. Iqbal Khan 12/5/2016 Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,…
"The real 'shy Trump' vote - how 53% of white women pushed him to victory" proclaimed a headline in The Guardian, November 9th. 2016 /10/2016 To paraphrase or even…
November 10, 2016 Miranda: O wonder!! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in't! The Tempest,…
KALAM 1. PEN AND INK An ink-dipped pen is archaic, a historical artifact, which for me holds romantic, evocative associations with Shakespeare, the Brontes, Jane Austin, Charles Dickens, Mirza Ghalib…