No one likes to be put in a box, to have their identity narrowly defined by someone else. But it can be liberating to put yourself in a box, if that means packing up an old identity and moving on, to a new place or a new life. What you leave behind can be telling. […]
Unfurling confusion in the Athena Time Capsule Read More »
The 1968 debates between Gore Vidal and Willam F Buckley have already been litigated in print and documented on film. What can be learned from bringing Best of Enemies to the stage? It’s said that politics makes for strange bedfellows. Best of Enemies, currently showing at the Young Vic, proves that it can make for
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A West Wing character taught me how to stay on top of the housework. But did this fictional political consultant also teach me how to be unhappy? “It may not be realistic, but it feels real, and it feels right. If this isn’t what the White House is like, it’s what it should be like.”
This sailboat metaphor made me tidy, but unhappy Read More »
We all want clear lines of succession and shared rules for the peaceful transfer of power. But focusing on protocol can make us lose sight of the job at hand… Joe Biden’s inauguration as President of the United States took place under extraordinary circumstances. One of many idiosyncrasies that day: he took the oath of
Just who is in charge here? Read More »
