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…98 min read·Oct 12, 2021--1--1
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…1 min read·Sep 13, 2021--2--2
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.6 min read·Sep 23, 2021----
Ted van GriethuysenI SAY IT ONCE MORE —WHY? BECAUSE I WANT TO, AND THEN — IT JUST MIGHT BE TRUE3 min read·Mar 5, 2024--1--1
Ted van GriethuysenPerhaps it is time to say it again.The Profit System, which is to blame for the perilous situation in which we find ouselves, is exhausted and, essentially, finished, done…1 min read·Feb 5, 2024--1--1
Ted van GriethuysenI Probably Wouldn’t Believe It Either: Comment.There is a strong probablity that Trump will be re-elected — all signs to the contrary not withstanding. We are facing things that we are…1 min read·Jan 23, 2024--1--1
Ted van GriethuysenI Probably Wouldn’t Believe It EitherStill: Read this. Does it essentially explain where we are, how we got here, and what is required of us now? Is it what propels Trump into…6 min read·Jan 23, 2024----
Ted van GriethuysenA Thought Occurred to Me Today…after picking myself loose of the bits and pieces of trash remaining from the proceedings in Iowa, and the commencement of Trump’s latest…2 min read·Jan 17, 2024----