More than 40 years ago, back when Ridley Scott had access to its unfettered faculties, he directed a great flick: The Duelists (1977). It featured two great actors of our age, Harvey Keitel and Keith Carradine. The Movie: The Bonapartist mad dog Feraud a.k.a. Fournier alias Fournier-Sarlovèze or Harvey Keitel v. the Aristocrat d'Hubert a.k.a. … Continue reading The Duelists
Plutarch recounts how the Sabine king Tatius compensated the traitorous Roman Tarpeia for her treason. He buried her alive under the weight of the gold she received for her infamous act. Tatius said “I love treason (since it helped me conquer Rome) but I despise the traitor.” Well, Putin likes neither. He rewards betrayal with death. Prigozhin made a play for power. He failed. He died. Dishonesty has a capital price in Putin’s world.
The Clash of Ideas Generates Solutions.
Today I am going to break one of my self-imposed rules. Today, I will be all heart. Today, I won't try to be a brainiac. Funny thing, when you google 'brainiac', you find out "he is a super-intelligent alien being from the planet Colu who has fought Superman." Who knew? Who cares? Now that we … Continue reading My Proustian flow of consciousness
Götterdämmerung 