Being something of a smart aleck, I've sometimes joked that while I may look white, actually I'm Irish. All eight of my great-grand parents were born there.
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The writing was classic Jonathan Swift “A Modest Proposal.” Imagine anyone opposed to funding a voluntary fire company who risk their lives to save lives and...
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In his essay “Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels” (1946), Orwell emphasised how much [...
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Patricia Horgan responds to Commissioners Piepkorn and Turnberg voting against a warming shelter for the unhoused.
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Academic studies of the merits of Taylor Swift's lyrics are not the Mickey Mouse courses you might think they are, argues Dr Clio Doyle – and disagreeing...
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PDF | Numerous critics have studied Jonathan Swift's use of animals as satirical tools in Gulliver's Travels. However, none has devoted sufficient.
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This article talks about unusual laws in an empire where informers of false accusations are put to death if the accused are proven innocent.
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Wow. Stewart Goodyear can play Prokofiev. The Czech Philharmonic and Tomás Netopil are compelling advocates, playing Dvořák with plenty of rhythmic zest and...
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While I've traveled a good deal in my life, both internationally and domestically, there's one trip I think I've valued over the years more than any other,...
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“[I]f a Lie be believ'd only for an Hour,” satirist Jonathan Swift said, “it has done its Work.” He was writing about politics in 1710, but things haven't...
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