Tag: Dante
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On Conversation Hearts
Valentine’s Day is a day it’s okay to hate. For some, it’s the day dedicated to force-fitting the expression of genuine feelings into social expectations, without appearing saccharine or heartless, weird or trite, forced or routine. For some who will spend the day in solitude, it’s that special occasion when you find exceedingly trivial others’ […]
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Obama, Syria, and The Prufrock Syndrome
This essay was named as one of “the most fascinating articles of the week” by The Washington Examiner. Last Saturday Syria claimed victory against the US after President Barack Obama declared to the world that although he had made a decision to commit to military action, he would be consulting Congress before doing so, and […]