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Month: January 2021

‘Fear no more the heat of the sun’: A Eulogy for Marvelous Marvin Hagler

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Rest in Peace, Marvelous Marvin. And here are some words from Shakespeare, a eulogy from Cymbeline, to help sing you home: Fear no more the heat o’ the sun, Nor the furious winter’s rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages; Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. Fear no more the frown o’ the great; Thou art past the tyrant’s stroke: Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak: The sceptre, learning, …

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‘Ha, banishment! be merciful, say ‘death”: Romeo and Social Media De-platforming

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As everyone is now aware, Parler, the free-speech social media platform, is down, de-platformed by Amazon, which operates the server farms on which Parler had mistakenly relied. Apparently, because conservatives favor Parler, this social media platform dedicated to free speech is not to be tolerated in a country dedicated to free speech. We are securely in George Orwell’s 1984. But yet again, Shakespeare got there first, when, In Romeo & Juliet, he cast the Parler management team as none other than Romeo, and he cast Amazon as the Prince, who, …

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‘You bid them rise, and live’: Troilus and Cressida and the Martyrdom of Ashli Babbitt

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Ashli Babbitt, an air force veteran who served four tours of duty, was killed at the U.S. Capitol when a federal officer shot her as she was attempting to pass through a broken window. She was not brandishing a weapon or otherwise threatening the officer’s life at the time she was killed. If any of the officer-involved shootings that were protested last year involved the excessive use of force, then certainly so did this one. Babbitt is arguably the first martyr in the hot civil war now beginning in America. …

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‘I say it is the moon that shines so bright’: The Taming of the Shrew and Leftist Denial

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Before George Orwell predicted, in 1984, the dystopian nightmare our corrupted election has awakened us to, Shakespeare saw the effect that the illegitimate exercise of authority has on the human spirit, and the need that tyrants have to force us to deny everyday reality. Blatant, murderous act of jihad by radicalized Muslims must be flatly ignored. Massive electoral fraud cannot even be discussed – the mere mention will make you an unperson, doxed and deplatformed. The democratic party won’t be satisfied with usurping the executive branch. Even after they do …

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‘Thou hast practised on her with foul charms’: Hydroxychloroquine, Othello, and Ivermectin

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An offhand statement this past summer by President Trump, touting the potential efficacy of hydroxychloroquine against COVID-19, transformed America’s medical establishment into a militantly partisan, and anti-scientific movement. The proper response at the time would have been to say studies are ongoing, the president’s opinions are welcome, and we don’t know yet, but we’ll let you know what the science says in due course. None of us remembers it that way. From Dr. Fauci within the government to Dr. Gupta within our televisions, a unanimous anti-hydroxychloroquine furor arose, and continued …

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