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Robert Wright on Osiris, Jesus, Dives, and Lazarus
Robert Wright on the Egyptian god Osiris and the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke: Osiris bears a certain resemblance to Jesus as Christians would later come to conceive him; Osiris inhabited the afterworld and judged the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, dives and lazarus, Egypt, Egyptian gods, gospel of Luke, Jesus, lazarus, Luke, osiris, poor, rich
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Don’t Question or Mock Authority? Jeff Zucker Responds to Jon Stewart by Sounding Like the Pope
Speak truth to power. NBC’s Chief Executive, Jeff Zucker, is pissed at Jon Stewart for mocking CNBC “authority” on matters of business. So reports Reuters: “Just because someone who mocks authority says something doesn’t make it so,” Zucker said, describing the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, business, economics, economy, Great Depression 2.0, jim cramer, Jon Stewart, recession, rich, wall street
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A Farmer’s Wife and the Powerful Body of a Young Miller: Sexploitation of the Poor in a Marquis de Sade Short Story
At one level, the Marquis de Sade’s short story, “The Lady of the Manor of Longeville, or a Woman’s Revenge,” is a feminist tale, for it tells the story of a woman who outwits her husband by discovering and exposing his adulterous affair, … Continue reading
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Tagged class, feminism, literature, marquis de sade, poetry, Politics, poor, rich, sado-masochism, sex, sexual slavery, slavery
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“Little Reminder”: A Poem by Santi Tafarella
When your mother’s belly rose, I did not leave you unmoored, but bound and docked you by umbilical cord. And when the floodgates opened, and you washed forth like a turtle, held aloft and helpless in a … Continue reading
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Prometheus Unbound 