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Shakespeare and a Rose for Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2014 by jimmie

“At Christmas I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May’s new fangled mirth, But like of each thing as in season grows.” (Love’s Labours Lost, act 1, sc. 1) I began the blog thinking of the 25th Anniversary of the American invasion of Panama, conducted on Christmas Eve (1989) – when Read More

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Shakespeare and Disbelief

Posted on November 30, 2014 by jimmie

“Most noble sir, That which I shall report will bear no credit, Were not the proof so nigh.” Timon of Athens, act 5, sc. 1 At the United Nations, a motion was recently tabled to condemn the glorification of Nazism. USA, Canada and Ukraine voted against the motion.

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Shakespeare, Godfathers and Radars among the Oranges

Posted on March 21, 2014 by jimmie

“… deal mildly with his youth; For young hot colts being raged do rage the more.” (King Richard II, act 2, sc. 1) Less than 1000 miles West-South-West of Ukraine and Crimea lies the island of Sicily. Where there is no desire for a referendum to join Russia or any other nation. Hence there is Read More

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Color Revolutions, a Shakespearean Interpretation

Posted on February 25, 2014 by jimmie

“These things, indeed, you have articulated, Proclaim’d at market crosses, read in churches, To trim the garment of rebellion With some fine color, that may please the eye Of fickle changelings, and poor discontents …… And never yet did insurrection want Such water-colours, to impaint his cause.” King Henry IV, [art 1, act 5, sc. Read More

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Shakespeare and the Side Effects of Medicines

Posted on January 12, 2014 by jimmie

“And thou, too careless patient as thou art, Commit’st thy anointed body to the cure Of those physicians that first wounded thee” (King Richard II, act 2, sc. 1) Weary with toil, I hastened to my arm-chair, the just repose for a somewhat tired mind, and, on activating the remote, I inadvertently landed on a Read More

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Shakespeare, a Christmas Rose, Reflection and Music

Posted on December 21, 2013 by jimmie

“At Christmas I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May’s new fangled mirth, But like of each thing as in season grows.” (Love’s Labours Lost, act 1, sc. 1 “It’s the season to be jolly…etc.” And, at least for some, reflection is the companion of gayety. Or perhaps the din and Read More

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Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky and the Brothers Karamazov

Posted on December 11, 2013 by jimmie

“When I consider everything that grows, Holds in perfection but a little moment, That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows, Whereon the stars in secret influence comment.” (SON.15) While considering the lies (except one), uttered by Obama at Mandela’s funeral, I returned to the “Brothers Karamazov”, as a kind of “phylosophy’s sweet milk” and Read More

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Shakespeare, Mandela and Immeasurable Hypocrisy

Posted on December 7, 2013 by jimmie

“A huge translation of hypocrisy, Vilely compiled, profound simplicity” (Love’s Labours Lost, act 5, sc. 2) If it were possible to invent a hypocrisiometer (hypocrisy meter), from now to the day of Mandela’s funeral, the indicator would go out of range. Still, a virtual measurement that would demonstrate a few truths, however self-evident, and dealt Read More

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Shakespeare, Secrecy & Recent Information on 9/11

Posted on December 1, 2013 by jimmie

“Who has a book of all that monarchs do, He’s more secure to keep it shut, than shown. For vice repeated’s like the wandering wind, Blows dust in others’ eyes, to spread itself.” (Pericles, act 1, sc. 1)  As Dr. Johnson noted, the “industry of observation has divided the most miscellaneous and confused assemblages into Read More

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Shakespeare and the Defeat of the Swiss Referendum on Compensations

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jimmie

“Do they all deny her? An they were sons of mine, I’d have them whipped; or I would send them to the Turk, to make eunuchs of.“ (All’s Well That Ends Well, act 2, sc. 5) When it became known that Switzerland would hold a referendum – limiting the spread between the lowest and the Read More

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