The Spirit Of History

What else, if not individual acts of complicity, like that of that neighbor—or acts of defiance, like that of my grandfather—form the historical waves, the irresistible current of events that shapes the foundation of every human society.  Where wind carries the smell of the crematorium And a bell in the village tolls the Angelus The Spirit of History is out…

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The Lessons of My Childhood

My parents unanimously condemned the idea. They didn’t want me to take the risk. We argued.  The liar’s punishment is,not in the least that he is not believed,but that he cannot believe anyone else.George Bernard Shaw In March, when Donald J. Trump tweeted that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had illegally wiretapped Trump Tower before the election, I quickly concluded that…

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