@jkavanagh.bsky.social
Editor at New York magazine and Condé Nast in a previous life.
Also at Shakespeare on Politics on that other platform.
Also at Shakespeare on Politics on that other platform.
“I discovered that the world should not be divided into good and bad people but into cowards and non-cowards.”
Looking at you, Schumer, and at Dems who caved.
Looking at you, Schumer, and at Dems who caved.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“I discovered that the world should not be divided into good and bad people but into cowards and non-cowards.”
Looking at you, Schumer, and at Dems who caved.
Looking at you, Schumer, and at Dems who caved.
“The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance.”
“The Plague,” by Albert Camus, born on this day in 1913
There is no better novel as an allegory for the insidious moral rot being spread by Trump and his infected base.
“The Plague,” by Albert Camus, born on this day in 1913
There is no better novel as an allegory for the insidious moral rot being spread by Trump and his infected base.
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance.”
“The Plague,” by Albert Camus, born on this day in 1913
There is no better novel as an allegory for the insidious moral rot being spread by Trump and his infected base.
“The Plague,” by Albert Camus, born on this day in 1913
There is no better novel as an allegory for the insidious moral rot being spread by Trump and his infected base.
Just another day of being in optimal physical shape.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Just another day of being in optimal physical shape.
“In the course of his restless, doomed, brief life, in his spirit and his stupendous achievements, Marlowe awakened the genius of the English Renaissance.”
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“In the course of his restless, doomed, brief life, in his spirit and his stupendous achievements, Marlowe awakened the genius of the English Renaissance.”
On this day in 1787 in Prague, Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” had its premiere. And 238 years later we await the day when our own unrepentant Donald John is dragged into hell for his misdeeds.
October 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
On this day in 1787 in Prague, Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” had its premiere. And 238 years later we await the day when our own unrepentant Donald John is dragged into hell for his misdeeds.
Recommended reading for anyone in politics and covering politics.
October 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Recommended reading for anyone in politics and covering politics.
“Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong,” wrote Oscar Wilde, born on this day in 1854. “Who being loved is poor?”
October 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong,” wrote Oscar Wilde, born on this day in 1854. “Who being loved is poor?”
Antifa at Normandy
October 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Antifa at Normandy
Antifa at work
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Antifa at work
“Gaze on, and grovel on thy face.”
October 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“Gaze on, and grovel on thy face.”
Gilbert & Sullivan’s modern major general, like Hegseth, knows nothing of military strategy:
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Gilbert & Sullivan’s modern major general, like Hegseth, knows nothing of military strategy:
Trump to investigate who funded this anti-fascist army that fought white supremacists.
September 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Trump to investigate who funded this anti-fascist army that fought white supremacists.
“Not so fast, Donald,” said the Crown as he was rowed under this sign at the Tower of London.
September 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“Not so fast, Donald,” said the Crown as he was rowed under this sign at the Tower of London.
“Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,/And often is his gold complexion dimmed…But thy eternal summer shall not fade…”
September 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,/And often is his gold complexion dimmed…But thy eternal summer shall not fade…”
A glimmer of hope for us today from Coriolanus? Via Stephen Greenblatt
September 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A glimmer of hope for us today from Coriolanus? Via Stephen Greenblatt
More on Coriolanus, from the brilliant Stephen Greenblatt
September 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
More on Coriolanus, from the brilliant Stephen Greenblatt
More on Coriolanus from “Tyrant,” by Stephen Greenblatt. Remind you of anyone?
September 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
More on Coriolanus from “Tyrant,” by Stephen Greenblatt. Remind you of anyone?
Stephen Greenblatt, on Coriolanus, is his book “Tyrant”
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Stephen Greenblatt, on Coriolanus, is his book “Tyrant”
Stephen Greenblatt, on Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale,” in his superb book “Tyrant”
September 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Stephen Greenblatt, on Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale,” in his superb book “Tyrant”
Stephen Greenblatt on Richard III in “Tyrant.” (You thought it was Trump, didn’t you?)
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Stephen Greenblatt on Richard III in “Tyrant.” (You thought it was Trump, didn’t you?)
Thank you, antifa, the Greatest Generation, including those courageous soldiers who died on this day (June 6) in 1944. You know, the heroes Trump called “suckers” and “losers” and a “major terrorist organization.”
September 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Thank you, antifa, the Greatest Generation, including those courageous soldiers who died on this day (June 6) in 1944. You know, the heroes Trump called “suckers” and “losers” and a “major terrorist organization.”
Miller: “There is an ideology that has steadily been growing in this country which hates everything that is good, righteous and beautiful and celebrates everything that is warped, twisted and depraved.”
This ideology?
This ideology?
September 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Miller: “There is an ideology that has steadily been growing in this country which hates everything that is good, righteous and beautiful and celebrates everything that is warped, twisted and depraved.”
This ideology?
This ideology?