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Finding Shakespeare in Unusual Places

Posted on October 29, 2013 by jimmie

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch’d, unfledged comrade. (Hamlet 1.3) Relatively few people know of the War of 1812, even in the United States. Or rather they may know of the song “The Read More

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Shakespeare & Healthful Environments

Posted on September 27, 2013 by jimmie

“This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses.” (Macbeth act 1, sc. 6) Two weeks without an entry… Thanks to the “Your Daily Shakespeare” site followers who emailed me questioning the unusually long hiatus. But….”There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things”, as Read More

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Shakespeare and Lies that Stretch to the Crack of Doom

Posted on September 9, 2013 by jimmie

Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark, what discord follows! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy: the bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores And make a sop of all this solid globe: Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead: Force should Read More

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Shakespeare, Money and Politics

Posted on August 30, 2013 by jimmie

“… And though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft led by the nose with gold.” Winter’s Tale act 4, sc. 3   Following is the transcription of a message left on the telephone recorder of a lobbyist by a prominent US Congresswoman. For our international visitors, the matter is perfectly legal. A Read More

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Shakespeare and Bradley Manning’s Trial. What The Defense Should Have Said

Posted on August 26, 2013 by jimmie

“If that be right which Warwick says is right, There is no wrong, but everything is right.” (King Henry VI part 3, act 2, sc. 2) The trial of BC Manning has ended and the Defense Counsel did what he thought his best. I have now received an anonymous hand-written document proposing another line of Read More

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Shakespeare and the Real Planetary Terror

Posted on August 11, 2013 by jimmie

“And strength by limping sway disabled, And art made tongue-tied by authority, And folly, doctor-like, controlling skill, And simple truth miscalled simplicity, And captive good attending captain ill…” (Sonnet 66) Sonnet 66 reflects the state of mind (and soul) of many – even of those who, within themselves, have not given up the fight for Read More

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Shakespeare and the Sanitization of History at Purdue University

Posted on August 5, 2013 by jimmie

“… woe upon ye, And all such false professors!” (King Henry VIII, act 3, sc. 1) In the distant 1940 Bertrand Russell wrote, “Academic freedom in this country is threatened from two sources: the plutocracy and the churches, which endeavor between them to establish an economic and a theological censorship’” 73 years later the strength Read More

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The “Niggerization” of the Plantation

Posted on July 25, 2013 by jimmie

 “… like one Who having unto truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie.” (Tempest, act 2, sc. 2) Hypocrisy is a flattering tribute to power. Occasionally political power must pretend to take into account the other power from which (theoretically) draws its source. Hypocrisy is Read More

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Shakespeare and the Confirmation Hearing of the FBI Director

Posted on July 12, 2013 by jimmie

“The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest.” (Merchant of Venice, act 3, sc. 2) Comment. Watching a Senate confirmation hearing is a trying experience. Not because of the confirmation per se, but due to the abyss separating appearance from reality. Especially in the recent instance – the appointment of the Read More

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Shakespeare and the Treason of Public Trust. Who is the criminal?

Posted on June 25, 2013 by jimmie

“Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either’s purpose” (King Henry V, act 2, sc. 2) Comment.  Rarely an episode shows the symbolic meaning of things and the current patterns of society as the recent developments arising from Edward Snowden’s revelations. Revelations about the immense spying operation by the US Government Read More

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