PinnedRothko ChapelDominique de Menil, who commissioned the Rothko Chapel, later famously remarked that she wished there was more color. Admittedly, the…Feb 15, 2019Feb 15, 2019
PinnedWhence Cometh This Femme: Aristophanes Considers GenderThesmophoriazusae, which is rendered The Women at the Thesmophoria is imminently a play about gender. Though the title suggests it to be a…Mar 13, 2019Mar 13, 2019
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Here We Are: Back to “Normal”Well, Mr. Biden decided to kick off Black History Month with a bang, by bombing Somalia! Already, he has begun to rhetorically prepare the…Feb 15, 2021Feb 15, 2021
Dear Mr. Biden,Greetings from the Land of Enchantment. Let me begin by congratulating you on winning the White House, and vanquishing the ogre back under…Jan 22, 20211Jan 22, 20211
Thanksgiving is Cancelled (Let’s Keep it That Way)The Thanksgiving story you’ve been told is a lie. Thanksgiving didn’t begin in 1620, Plymouth, Massachusetts any more than Christmas began…Nov 26, 2020Nov 26, 2020
On the Moral Imperative of Returning to Principled Politics and the Problematic Nature of…The Democratic Convention last week was a joke. We the people are demanding systemic change and they have responded with nothing more than…Aug 25, 2020Aug 25, 2020
Your Liberalism Won’t Save YouIn recent months, the coronavirus pandemic has helped to shine a light on the failures of modern capitalism. Examples abound that function…Jun 16, 2020Jun 16, 2020