Politicians are forced to perform on a massive stage and under the fierce gaze of a thousand lenses, yet few have real skills in that arena.
Donald Trump
Book Review: “The View From Flyover Country” — Sounding the Alarm
If you want to understand what is going on in the United States today, journalist Sarah Kendzior is a good resource.
Book Review: “I Can’t Breathe” — Humanizing the Underclass
Follow almost any of these police brutality cases to their realpolitik conclusion and you will eventually work your way back to a monstrous truth.
Book Review: “No Is Not Enough” — Damned by Branding
Naomi Klein argues that the more anxious we are, the more vulnerable we are to politically opportunistic manipulation.
Theater Commentary: Trump, Julius Caesar, and Political Farce
If the ballyhoo around the Public Theater’s Julius Caesar is a sign of the times, then we have a lot more than Trump to fear.
Poetry Review: Lyrical Outrage — Songs of the Resistance
Many of the poems live up to the title’s shout-out to Walt Whitman, cutting through the current political miasma with fresh wit, insight, and lyrical outrage.
Theater Commentary: Resist Trump? Boston’s Stages Opt Out
Resistance, at least in Boston theater, is futile.
Arts Commentary: Music for Times of Trouble
I’ve been most impressed by the manner in which these composers, in these works, took strong moral and/or political stands.