PinnedTed van GriethuysenABOUT KING LEARMy history with King Lear is mainly given in the chapter about the play in my book What Is Shakespeare? though there remains some…Oct 12, 20211Oct 12, 20211
PinnedTed van GriethuysenReal democracyI am neither a proponent of Communism nor of Socialism. But I am a big believer in Democracy — the real kind, the kind that Vaclav Havel…Sep 13, 20212Sep 13, 20212
PinnedTed van GriethuysenWHAT IS SHAKESPEARE? CHAPTER ONEIn case one wanted to get an idea of what my book is like and what it’s up to, this is how it begins.Sep 23, 2021Sep 23, 2021
Ted van GriethuysenASK THEMAs far back as I can remember any time there was an important issue — politically or socially or both— if it touched upon the life and…Sep 2Sep 2
Ted van GriethuysenDid Trump Say What I Think He Said?I have just seen a film clip on a news Broadcast in which Trump promised the crowd to whom he was speaking they wouldn't have to worry…Jul 274Jul 274
Ted van GriethuysenTRUMP DOESN’T REALLY LIKE HIM — VANCE.He puts up with him. He has to. The campaign people said. Trump knows what his people like. It got him elected once — well, twice really…Jul 26Jul 26
Ted van GriethuysenIT MAY WELL BE TIMEI never expected to be writing this, let alone strongly supporting it.Jul 19Jul 19
Ted van GriethuysenMAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO GO THROUGHSOME RAMBLINGS ON A HOT SUMMER DAY IN CONNECTICUTJul 18Jul 18
Ted van GriethuysenWE HAVE A NEW PARTYW might as well acknowledge it – there's a new political party. It's been in formation since, well, pre-2016. It is now taking full bodied…Jul 171Jul 171
Ted van GriethuysenA VERY BRIEF CONJECTUREWhat happened to Biden? I think that the emotion Biden had, being that close to Trump after the intervening years was really almost too…Jun 30Jun 30