Political Theatre category archive
A Picture Is Worth 0
An artist finds himself taken aback by the kitsch.
While we’re on the subject, Jack Ohman thinks the kitsch sends a message.
This New Gilded Age, All the News that Fits Dept. 0
Amy Goodman points out that oligarchy can lead, not just to monopolies dominating and thereby controlling markers, but to their dominating and thereby controlling information.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme that sends ICEy SShivers down his back.
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*Mark Twain.
All the News that Fits 0
Walter Cronkite would be ashamed of what CBS News has become.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
This is an a cappella version of “Carol of the Bells” – originally a Ukrainian New Year celebration song titled “Shchedryk” – whose music was first written by Mykola Leontovych in the eastern town of Pokrovsk (now under Russian occupation) in the 1900s. The composer would later be murdered by a Soviet agent in 1921. Our adaptation sends strength and solidarity to the brave people of Ukraine facing down Russian invasion, in spite of the pressure placed on them by failing allies and cruel diplomatic games.
The Rule of Lawless 0
In what I consider a quite appropriate follow-up to the previous post, I must say, it is not surprising that University of Chicago law professor Aziz Huq argues that
Follow the link for the evidence.
The Greenland New Deal 0
David discusses Donald Trump’s determination of annex Greenland, as well as several other of his somewhat unusual (at least for anyone else) statements.
A Matter of Perspective 0
Why is Donald Trump trying to steal Greenland from Denmark?
Methinks my old Philly DL friend Noz may have nailed it.
Follow the link for the rest of his article.
Republican Thought Police 0
Atrios provides an example of the exercise of freedom of the surpress.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
In a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, Kimball Shinkoskey listens to the man who would be king and hears a rhyme from a millennium ago. A couplet:
Follow the link for context.
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*Mark Twain.