Kafka in Tallahassee

In the absence of clarity, Florida educators must guess what might bring down the wrath of Governor DeSantis, and they will err on the side of caution, which is to say, they will act out of an abundance of cowardice.

Florida Führer Fans Folio Flames

Where are the passionate guardians and protectors of the mind?

The Plot Against Knowledge

A know-nothing populace will easily be misled into supporting a tyrannical government based on “libertarian” principles that liberate only the wealthiest, mingled with a fraudulent form of Christianity tailor-made to support their interests.

“Those Who Burn Books…”

“…will in the end burn people,” the German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine wrote in his play “Almansor.” That was just over two centuries ago, in 1821. If there is one aspect of the current era that provokes despair more than any other, it is the widespread and enthusiastic embrace of every terrible, destructive impulse from

The Dyed Piper and the Critical Rat Theory: An American Fable

He kissed her and grabbed her by the apfelstrudel, because when you’re Burgomeister they let you do what you want.