Three reasons why the presidential pardoning power is necessary, despite its abuses.
William Shakespeare
Marx’s Aeschylus
On Marx reading Aeschylus (in Greek!).
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Romeo and Juliet”
Is there a connection between marriage and sanctification in Shakespeare’s most famous play?
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Henry V”
King Henry’s prayer before the Battle of Agincourt has a distinctly Protestant flavor.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Love’s Labour’s Lost”
Shakespeare’s great comedy shows a highly Protestant understanding of marriage and vow-making.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “1 & 2 Henry IV”
Which is more important for a king: ruling the court or ruling the people?
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Why can we not bring ourselves to part with Jack Falstaff?
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Comedy of Errors”
Augustinian selfhood and married nuns sound some potentially Protestant notes in Shakespeare’s masterful farce.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Titus Andronicus”
Humanistic learning and jokes for Protestants in Shakespeare’s bloodiest play.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Richard II”
Contemplating the tension between divine right and popular rule with the Bard and the Reformers.