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 GriethuysenA TIME TO REVISITI had occasion recently to read again Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. I think everyone should. It seems to me to matter as much as it did…5d ago15d ago1
Ted van GriethuysenI SAY IT ONCE MORE —WHY? BECAUSE I WANT TO, AND THEN — IT JUST MIGHT BE TRUEMar 51Mar 51
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…Feb 51Feb 51
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…Jan 231Jan 231
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…Jan 23Jan 23