kevingan52
@kevingan52.bsky.social
Retired professor of literature & writing and critical thinking, Yale and USC. Also 10 years’ teaching high school English. NYC native, now in CT. New Deal Democrat, like my parents before me.
He may not be in the files, but that’s because it took thousands of FBI agent-hours to scrub them of the most damning mentions. How stupid does she think we are?
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
He may not be in the files, but that’s because it took thousands of FBI agent-hours to scrub them of the most damning mentions. How stupid does she think we are?
First Moby Grape!
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
First Moby Grape!
A high-toned old Christian woman…
December 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A high-toned old Christian woman…
Hardest working man in government—just ask him.
December 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Hardest working man in government—just ask him.
If you’re going to be interviewed by TD, be prepared to circumvent his strawman arguments – clearly a favorite strategy. “Your book in the backpack of an extremist“ and “why doesn’t Israel have a right to exist?“ – classic strawman diversions. TNC steps around them elegantly: that’s how you do it.
December 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
If you’re going to be interviewed by TD, be prepared to circumvent his strawman arguments – clearly a favorite strategy. “Your book in the backpack of an extremist“ and “why doesn’t Israel have a right to exist?“ – classic strawman diversions. TNC steps around them elegantly: that’s how you do it.
Will they also have to reveal 5 years of social media posts and contacts like the ordinary folks?
December 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Will they also have to reveal 5 years of social media posts and contacts like the ordinary folks?
Trump is opening a path for Indiana to protect itself by joining the Blue State Interstate Compact! Well done!
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Trump is opening a path for Indiana to protect itself by joining the Blue State Interstate Compact! Well done!
I suppose in Musk‘s feeble understanding, European whites were the original inhabitants of New Zealand – until they came under pressure from Maori colonists in the middle of the 19th century.
December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I suppose in Musk‘s feeble understanding, European whites were the original inhabitants of New Zealand – until they came under pressure from Maori colonists in the middle of the 19th century.
Pretty risible notion, seeing that hospital administrators themselves freely admit they have no idea what any procedure actually costs!
December 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Pretty risible notion, seeing that hospital administrators themselves freely admit they have no idea what any procedure actually costs!
Even better: An AI-youthened Madonna! For the over-the-top camp this non-fiction novel and pasquinade deserves…
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Even better: An AI-youthened Madonna! For the over-the-top camp this non-fiction novel and pasquinade deserves…
Dark Was the Night – Blind Willy Johnson
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Dark Was the Night – Blind Willy Johnson
You know why you shouldn’t lie like that about Joe Biden, Mr. Secretary? First, because you’re not even worthy to shine his shoes. And second, because karma is a bitch:
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You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond by Blind Willie Johnson on Apple Music
Song · 1928 · Duration 3:09
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December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
You know why you shouldn’t lie like that about Joe Biden, Mr. Secretary? First, because you’re not even worthy to shine his shoes. And second, because karma is a bitch:
music.apple.com/us/album/you...
music.apple.com/us/album/you...
They’re also preparing a fire sale on the Brooklyn Bridge – stay tuned!
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
They’re also preparing a fire sale on the Brooklyn Bridge – stay tuned!
The estimable Will Bunch of the Philly Inquirer wrote an excellent book on just this topic: After the ivory Tower Falls.
December 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The estimable Will Bunch of the Philly Inquirer wrote an excellent book on just this topic: After the ivory Tower Falls.
Don Jr. must be in the bottom 1% of Americans for character, merit, and intellect. But how is our society structured? So as to slide him $1 Billion, no questions asked.
Not sustainable, oligarchs, and your awakening is going to be very, very rude.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/...
Not sustainable, oligarchs, and your awakening is going to be very, very rude.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/...
Ozymandias
Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Don Jr. must be in the bottom 1% of Americans for character, merit, and intellect. But how is our society structured? So as to slide him $1 Billion, no questions asked.
Not sustainable, oligarchs, and your awakening is going to be very, very rude.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/...
Not sustainable, oligarchs, and your awakening is going to be very, very rude.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/...
No expert here, but has anyone discussed how giving this absolute power over agencies to the president effectively destroys Congress‘s power of the purse? Alito et al go on about the separation of powers, but taking away Congress‘s power of the purse subverts the separation of powers completely!
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
No expert here, but has anyone discussed how giving this absolute power over agencies to the president effectively destroys Congress‘s power of the purse? Alito et al go on about the separation of powers, but taking away Congress‘s power of the purse subverts the separation of powers completely!
Most senators are opportunists, slippery, but only a few are purely evil: this sadist certainly is one of them.
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Most senators are opportunists, slippery, but only a few are purely evil: this sadist certainly is one of them.
Son of an ambassador, Groton, Harvard, Harvard Law: as fine a scion of the establishment as you’ll find. When he starts sounding like Stephen Miller, what does that tell us about the origins of Republican fascist rot?
They were only waiting for a Trump to arrive. It’s Krupp/Thyssen/Hitler redux.
They were only waiting for a Trump to arrive. It’s Krupp/Thyssen/Hitler redux.
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Son of an ambassador, Groton, Harvard, Harvard Law: as fine a scion of the establishment as you’ll find. When he starts sounding like Stephen Miller, what does that tell us about the origins of Republican fascist rot?
They were only waiting for a Trump to arrive. It’s Krupp/Thyssen/Hitler redux.
They were only waiting for a Trump to arrive. It’s Krupp/Thyssen/Hitler redux.
Do Roberts’ decades of actions attacking the political rights of Black Americans indicate any significant departure from what Taney believed about Black slaves in Dred Scott?
I wish someone would ask him directly. That will never happen, but I think I know the answer…
I wish someone would ask him directly. That will never happen, but I think I know the answer…
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Do Roberts’ decades of actions attacking the political rights of Black Americans indicate any significant departure from what Taney believed about Black slaves in Dred Scott?
I wish someone would ask him directly. That will never happen, but I think I know the answer…
I wish someone would ask him directly. That will never happen, but I think I know the answer…
“They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect…”
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect…”
The pragmatic maxim says that “beliefs are rules for action.“ Now if we try to infer John Roberts’ essential beliefs from his actions (including his written opinions), would we be justified in holding that one of his core beliefs can be fairly stated in the following sentence?
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The pragmatic maxim says that “beliefs are rules for action.“ Now if we try to infer John Roberts’ essential beliefs from his actions (including his written opinions), would we be justified in holding that one of his core beliefs can be fairly stated in the following sentence?
Your call! Be well.
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Your call! Be well.
Wonderful in Little Miss Sunshine; a tour de force in There Will Be Blood.
QT isn’t in to subtlety…that’s not his bag. It’s like asking Kiss to review a sensitive young singer songwriter.
QT isn’t in to subtlety…that’s not his bag. It’s like asking Kiss to review a sensitive young singer songwriter.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Wonderful in Little Miss Sunshine; a tour de force in There Will Be Blood.
QT isn’t in to subtlety…that’s not his bag. It’s like asking Kiss to review a sensitive young singer songwriter.
QT isn’t in to subtlety…that’s not his bag. It’s like asking Kiss to review a sensitive young singer songwriter.