Category Archives: Cultural Leitmotifs

Dr. Seuss Goes to War

For people of a certain age, it’s impossible to think back on our childhoods without conjuring images drawn by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel, to his friends and family). Even looking through his books today, their style seems fresh and … Continue reading

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The Ghost in the Machine (or The Jesus in the Pizza Sauce)

In a post some days ago (Migrant Mothers & Gold Diggers), I pointed to an Errol Morris essay in the Times about the nature of truth in a photograph. Of course, there are a number of ways of affecting how … Continue reading

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