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🔷”This above all: to thine own self be true.”
— Polonius to Laertes, Hamlet.
*️⃣ Headline snapshots from The New York Times.
*️⃣ Text-based literary reflections and integrated literary portraits are my own, unless quoted.
An authoritarian’s most common tactic: first be democratically elected, and then proclaim yourself king.
“Bureaucracy is the rule of nobody…” — Hannah Arendt.
“Bureaucracy is the rule of nobody…” — Hannah Arendt.
December 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An authoritarian’s most common tactic: first be democratically elected, and then proclaim yourself king.
“Bureaucracy is the rule of nobody…” — Hannah Arendt.
“Bureaucracy is the rule of nobody…” — Hannah Arendt.
He is not testing policy limits—he is testing how much resistance remains.
December 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
He is not testing policy limits—he is testing how much resistance remains.
Her exit closes a career that ended in service to the undeserving.
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Her exit closes a career that ended in service to the undeserving.
He doesn’t lead—he erupts.
December 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
He doesn’t lead—he erupts.
Distractions don’t erase the subject. They only confirm it.
December 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Distractions don’t erase the subject. They only confirm it.
Power changed hands.
Memory did not.
Memory did not.
December 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Power changed hands.
Memory did not.
Memory did not.
According to the headline, the real American delusion isn’t poverty — it’s noticing it.
(The Atlantic)
(The Atlantic)
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
According to the headline, the real American delusion isn’t poverty — it’s noticing it.
(The Atlantic)
(The Atlantic)
History teaches this plainly: confrontation invited is confrontation returned.
December 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
History teaches this plainly: confrontation invited is confrontation returned.
