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Is It Time To Make Fundamentalism A Crime? Part 1
By Mark Esposito The horrific events that played out in Paris certainly will bring fundamental change to that society. Much like our 9/11, the massacres at Charlie Hebdo and a kosher deli have mobilized the French nation to a new awareness … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Art, Atheism, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Countries, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Democracy, Education, Enlightenment, Equal Rights, Fascism, France, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Government, Heroism, History, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Legal Theory, Liberals, Literature, Murder, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Prison, Propaganda, Psychology, Racism, Religion, Renaissance, Roman Catholic Church, Society, Theism, United States, War, War on "Terror", World History
Tagged Bastille, Candide, Catholic Church, Charlie Hebdo, Egypt, France, Fundamentalism, Iraq, Islam, Marie Antoinette, Muslims, Syria, Terrorism, Voltaire, Wahhabi
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“Taking Down the Tree” and Other Poems by Jane Kenyon
By Elaine Magliaro The late Jane Kenyon is one of my favorite poets. I return to her work time and again. I read her poem, Let Evening Come, at the funeral of my beloved father-in-law in 1998. Kenyon was the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Poetry
Tagged Jane Kenyon
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Ursula Le Guin’s Speech at The National Book Awards: “We will need writers who can remember freedom. Poets, visionaries—the realists of a larger reality.”
By Elaine Magliaro Ursula Le Guin is an award-winning American author of novels, children’s books, and short stories. Her preferred genres are fantasy and science fiction. Le Guin has also written poetry and essays. Harry Kunzru (The Guardian) wrote last month that many … Continue reading
Celebrating the Solstice with Winter Poems
By Elaine Magliaro The winter solstice begins this evening. I thought I’d post some poems for the winter season today. Toward the Winter Solstice By Timothy Steele, 1948 Although the roof is just a story high, It dizzies me a … Continue reading
Nonsense! – The Poetry of Lewis Carroll
by Gene Howington Poetry Friday is usually Elaine’s bailiwick and rightfully so with her being our resident Poet Laureate. Although I appreciate poetry, my personal predilection for the grammatical arts tends toward the novel and its smaller variations. However, that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Poetry, Short Video
Tagged Lewis Carroll, Marx Brothers, Neil Gaiman, nonsense, Poetry Friday
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“TORTURES”–A Poem by Wislawa Szymborska
By Elaine Magliaro I selected a poem that I think is most appropriate to post this Poetry Friday after the release of the Senate’s CIA torture report earlier in the week. “Tortures” was written by my favorite poet–Wislawa Szymborska. Szymborska was awarded the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Poetry
Tagged CIA Torture Report, Poetry Friday, Torture, Wislawa Szymborska
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CROSSROADS: A Poem Dedicated to a Friend upon Reaching a Milestone in His Life
By Elaine Magliaro Mike Spindell noted yesterday that he was coming to the milestone of his 70th birthday. I’m just two years younger than Mike. I have never met him in person. We became friends via the Internet. Over the … Continue reading
Poetry Friday – Hamish Imlach: Folk singer and musician, raconteur, poet, activist, storyteller and much larger than life
By Charlton Stanley In Scotland, they call it Hogmanay. To most of the rest of the world, it is New Years. The gigantic man quietly slipped away during the wee hours of Hogmanay morning 1996, at the age of 55. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humor, Literature, Music, Poetry, Scotland, World War II
Tagged Hamish Imlach
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POETRY FRIDAY–“I, Too, Am America”: The Poetry of Langston Hughes
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro Back in August of 2013, I did a post about the poetry of Langston Hughes for Res Ipsa Loquitor. The impetus for my doing that was the—at times contentious—discussions we had been having about race, racism, … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Equal Rights, Literature, Poetry, Racism, Short Video, Society, United States
Tagged Langston Hughes, Poetry Friday
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Poetry Friday — Belated edition; Meet Malcolm X. London
By Charlton Stanley Recent events in the news make this young poet/storyteller/activist’s words even more meaningful. At the Louder Than a Bomb competition, teenager Malcolm London was the top individual performer for 2011, selected from over 700 competitors. His team … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Education Policy, Literature, Philosophy, Poetry
Tagged Malcolm London Chicago, Racism, Segregation
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