And here I have been reading that one third of Americans don’t even believe that six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.
Tomorrow is July Fourth. In addition to celebrating, let’s remember what America should be fighting against.
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“Wind from the Sea,” Andrew Wyeth, 1947
Tempera on hardboard.
This is perfectly logical. (Cory Booker on Trump’s prospective Supreme Court pick)
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Donald Trump’s prospective United States Supreme Court nomination:
“I think it’s questionable we should be considering a nominee from a president who has a history of demanding these loyalty tests and we could be responsible for participating in something that could undermine that investigation. I do not believe this committee should, or can in good conscience, consider a nominee put forward by this president until that investigation is concluded.”
Watch the entire video below — it’s just over three and a half minutes long.
“Unter den Linden Street in Berlin,” Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz, 1890
Oil on canvas.
Here is a list of every false claim made by Donald J. Trump …
… that is, every false claim he has made as president. The list comes to us courtesy of the Toronto Star.
As of this writing, the list itemizes 1,829 false statements. It was last updated on June 26, 2018. You can find it here.
“Portrait of Enid Hallin,” by William McGregor Paxton
Date unknown.
I found this … painted moth?
Enameled gadfly? Acrylic stinkbug?
What am I, an entomologist? You people tell ME what it is.
[Update : Blog Correspondent Pete Harrison just informed that this is Atteva aurea, or the Ailanthus Webworm Moth. No … I have no idea how he knows these things either.]
Keep abreast of the Maryland Literary Review.
An eminent alumnus of mine, Nathan Leslie, is launching a new biannual online literary magazine — the Maryland Literary Review. Nathan will seeking submissions for the best poetry, fiction and essays over the next few months.
You can find submission guidelines and other details here:
Care to hear some superb and haunting poetry? (Audio selections from Dennis Villelmi’s “Fretensis”)
I am honored today to share with you three recordings of me reading from Dennis Villelmi’s Fretensis: In the Image of a Blind God. The Bees Are Dead has graciously published the readings over at its website; you can find them right here.
Thank you, Dennis, for allowing me to interpret your outstanding poetic work.
“Breton Woman Standing On a Doorstep,” Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz, 1889
Oil on canvas.
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