Diary, Politics
This opinion piece by a Harvard history professor in the WSJ is very clever and very fun to read. Impeachment Was on the Family Table This Thanksgiving
Peter Murmann
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Diary, Astute Observations
The public at large believes Trump illegally pressured Ukraine, but the majority does not yet want to throw him out of office. USA today published a great homage to Sherlock Holmes courtesy of an independent senator from Maine. Homage to Sherlock Holmes in current Impeachment Trial
Diary
A glimpse of how good an actor Anne Hathway can be in this fun impersonation. But it also let me to a treasure of other actors pulling off accents. Actors showing off their craft: Anne Hathaway and more
One tree and four seasons
Beautiful picture by Mattia Loki: One tree and landscape throughout the four seasons
Diary, Politics
Tumultuous scenes as Parliament inflicts 6th loss on PM and is sent home for 5 weeks
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Democracy Saved
Boris Johnson tried circumvent democracy. But brave souls in the Tory party saved democracy with great costs to themselves. They were expelled because of their rebellion. History books will remember them.
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Books, Fiction
After many years, I had the chance to reread Kafka’s Metamorphosis. When I first encountered the piece, I was enthralled by the thought experiment Kafka pursued in the story. What if you wake up in the morning and you have turned into a little bug, but you still have your full consciousness? You can still understand what human beings are saying but they cannot understand you anymore and they see you a non-human terrifying, little creature to run away from. How would you feel? How would you cope with this situation?Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”