In Ionesco’s absurdist play “Rhinoceros” a man watches as gradually everyone in his town is transformed into a Rhinoceros. At first there are protests, but gradually everyone yields to the new reality and sees that there is, after all, nothing wrong with being a Rhinoceros.
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There was a time when certain tweets and utterances caused dismay. How unprecedented! How unpresidential! Yet gradually we watch as the GOP, govt agencies, courts, military, media, even Christianity take on the features of the Rhinoceros. Is it too late?
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Dr King reminded us of “the fierce urgency of now.” “If we do not act now we shall surely be dragged down the long corridor of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.”
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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