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An Xmas Story about Political Polarization

Elizabeth Gaskell wrote a Christmas story in 1848 about rival political factions learning to get along. One can dream.

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Vote for the Best Lizard

Using lizards, Douglas Adams makes a memorable case for voting for the lesser to two evils.

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What Is Truth? Cowper’s Beautiful Answer

In the face of Trump’s constant lying, we need William Cowper, who reminds us of the sanctity of truth.

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How Fantasy Keeps Us Human

Neil Gaiman and the late Terry Pratchett are beloved fantasy writers because they stand up for our humanity in dehumanizing times.

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Swift Predicted Trump’s Lies

Swift anticipated Donald Trump in his essay on “Political Lying.”

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Marquez: How GOP Can Regain Its Soul

What has happened to the GOP is what happens to Col. Aureliano Buendia in “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” Fortunately, Garcia Marquez assures us there is a way back.

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Murakami on Ideology’s Hollowness

Murakami’s diatribe against rigid ideologues in “Kafka on the Shore” applies only too well to figures on the American right.

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Putin as Murakami’s Boris the Manskinner

Murakami’s Boris the Manskinner has an unsettling resemblance to Vladimir Putin and wannabe authoritarian Donald Trump. Without strong beliefs, one cannot stand up to him.

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How Moliere Is Saving France

Moliere is helping French PM Macron steer a sane middle road between rightwing and leftwing purists.

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