Category: Politics

Dante and Milton, Religion and Politics
By Categories: Arts, History, Literature, Politics

Click Here to Read:  Dante and Milton, Religion and Politics: Four centuries and a thousand miles apart, each epic poet was traumatized by bloody factional strife that tore his country to pieces. One craved a worldwide monarchy. The other supported a regicide by Jamey Hecht on his Substack on January 6, 2026.

Gustav Doré, Satan Confronting Sin and Death at the Gates of Hell, c 1880. Woodcut on wove paper by Francois Pannemaker and Albert Doms. Collection of the Satanic Temple.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Accountability: We must never just turn the page
By Categories: Politics

Click Here to Read: Accountability: We must never just turn the page by Elliot Kirschner on his Throught the Fog Substack  on January 10, 2026.

Protesters at Foley Square by the federal government building protesting the ICE killing of Renee Good hours earlier. People spoke at the monument, before walking around 26 Federal Plaza, and ending back at Foley Squar Image: SWinxy.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.