Monthly Archives: October 2023

Shakespeare, Replayed in the Bush

Posted on October 31, 2023 by David Roman

Some time ago, I wrote a short story about a couple of anthropologists who find themselves in Subsaharan Africa, watching how the plot of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” unfolds in front of their eyes and there’s nothing they can do to … Continue reading →

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Samuel Johnson on Inequality

Posted on October 24, 2023 by David Roman

At one point in “Life of Johnson,” Boswell tells the hero that Mrs. Macaulay wondered how he could reconcile his political principles with his moral. She objected to Johnson’s notions of inequality and subordination with wishing well to the happiness … Continue reading →

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CIA Press Releases Disguised As News

Posted on October 12, 2023 by David Roman

Cailin Johnstone comments on a CNN article out titled “Newly declassified US intel claims Russia is laundering propaganda through unwitting Westerners” that is “pretty much exactly what you’d expect if you’ve been critically observing the western mass media over the … Continue reading →

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Why Western Rightists Love Israel So Much

Posted on October 10, 2023 by David Roman

This will be quick because I’m sick of the Israel-Palestine conflict: I spent five years in college discussing it in the 1990s, plus decades since, and I just can’t be bothered anymore. It’s not my problem. I only started to … Continue reading →

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El tema de las falsas denuncias por violencia de género

Posted on October 4, 2023 by David Roman

No todos los casos perdidos quieren decir que la denuncia fuera falsa. Solo quieren decir que el juez estimó que no había pruebas para condenar. Aunque…

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