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🔷”This above all: to thine own self be true.”
— Polonius to Laertes, Hamlet.
*️⃣ Headline snapshots from The New York Times.
*️⃣ Text-based literary reflections and integrated literary portraits are my own, unless quoted.
A White House consumed by a single man’s unquenchable appetite for vengeance.
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A White House consumed by a single man’s unquenchable appetite for vengeance.
It’s only risky if you’re poor. For the rich, it’s a win—even when it fails.
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It’s only risky if you’re poor. For the rich, it’s a win—even when it fails.
Putin wanted a war. Now it’s arrived—delivered straight to his own doorstep.
December 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Putin wanted a war. Now it’s arrived—delivered straight to his own doorstep.
“Donald Trump’s appetite for flattery appears as insatiable as the supply of bootlickers among his followers appears inexhaustible.”
— Cohen, The Atlantic 12/22.
That about sums it up!
— Cohen, The Atlantic 12/22.
That about sums it up!
December 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“Donald Trump’s appetite for flattery appears as insatiable as the supply of bootlickers among his followers appears inexhaustible.”
— Cohen, The Atlantic 12/22.
That about sums it up!
— Cohen, The Atlantic 12/22.
That about sums it up!
Public health handed to a man who never took the oath—only the microphone.
December 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Public health handed to a man who never took the oath—only the microphone.
An authoritarian’s most common tactic: first be democratically elected, and then proclaim yourself king.
“Bureaucracy is the rule of nobody…” — Hannah Arendt.
“Bureaucracy is the rule of nobody…” — Hannah Arendt.
December 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An authoritarian’s most common tactic: first be democratically elected, and then proclaim yourself king.
“Bureaucracy is the rule of nobody…” — Hannah Arendt.
“Bureaucracy is the rule of nobody…” — Hannah Arendt.
He is not testing policy limits—he is testing how much resistance remains.
December 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
He is not testing policy limits—he is testing how much resistance remains.
Her exit closes a career that ended in service to the undeserving.
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Her exit closes a career that ended in service to the undeserving.
He doesn’t lead—he erupts.
December 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
He doesn’t lead—he erupts.
Distractions don’t erase the subject. They only confirm it.
December 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Distractions don’t erase the subject. They only confirm it.
