The Screaming Pope
Rants and reactions to contemporary politics, art and culture.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Too Solid Flesh
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"O that this too too solid flesh would melt" is the key to the Booker prize winning Szalay novel. If you were one of the doubters ...
Monday, July 27, 2026
The Paradox
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Do you feel like the tortoise or Achilles in the famous paradox? Or a member of a member of the Trolley Problem focus group? Will you fina...
Friday, July 24, 2026
A Last Dream
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"Man Behind Bars" by Franz Kafka You haven’t experienced this yet, since if you did, you wouldn’t be here to tell about it. But im...
Thursday, July 23, 2026
The Rape of the Lock
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Alexander Pope (1688-1744) Alexander Pope’s mock epic "The Rape of the Lock" is a satire of the sententiousness and superficiality...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
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Improvisation 27, Garden of Love ll (1912) Kandinsky's l911 treatise "Concerning the Spiritual in Art," is a classic essay o...
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Therapy
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Have you noticed that within the demographic of educated affluent liberals that everyone speaks like a therapist? They don't even ne...
Monday, July 20, 2026
Sick
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Popeye (King Features) When you were a kid, you stayed home from school when you were sick. School was boring and it was more fun to watch c...
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