“It Can't Happen Here is a 1935 dystopian political novel by American author Sinclair Lewis. It describes the rise of a US dictator similar to how Adolf Hitler gained power.” —Wikipedia The Modern Myth We in the “civilized, modern” world hold bemused judgement of more “primitive” and even our…
Category: Literature
The Living Art of Improvisation
The Living Art of Improvisation I might say that my life story, in the living, was one long improvisation. We might say the same about any life, as we adapt day by day and moment by moment to whatever life throws at us, as a matter of survival or measure…
Three Meditations on Evil
“The line between good and evil runs through the landscape of every human heart.” —Joanna Macy The Devil’s Advocate Stunned, you watch biology, democracy, the rule of law dissolve, a cacophony of ripples on a boundless shore. In dismay you demand, ”Who are the evil geniuses who claim to rule…
Back to the Future, 2021
Whose History? It used to be called “the royal we”—used by the monarchy to mask their monopoly on common ground. Today as Orwell foretold, history is malleable, to suit the moment of political expedience. The victors of perpetual hybrid warfare are proud owners now of “weaponized information.” And those arbitrary…