tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post340025458247290965..comments2024-01-24T15:06:13.387-05:00Comments on M.A.Peel: November 4, 2008: A Turning Point in HistoryMapeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149683683413237283noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-13312248058474098032008-11-09T21:55:00.000-05:002008-11-09T21:55:00.000-05:00There are many questions about the Obama presidenc...There are many questions about the Obama presidency. The thought rattling around my brain is that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.Mapeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149683683413237283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-43327424590906811272008-11-08T10:36:00.000-05:002008-11-08T10:36:00.000-05:00...what I was going on to say, before I clicked on......what I was going on to say, before I clicked on Publish by mistake, was that I wonder who Barack Obama's Iago will turn out to be, and that I hope there won't be too many unfortunate parallels between him and Othello.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-63851267651264221982008-11-08T10:15:00.000-05:002008-11-08T10:15:00.000-05:00Jack Lang, the veteran French socialist politician...Jack Lang, the veteran French socialist politician and erstwhile Minister of Culture, described B.Obama on television the other morning as having 'une élégance morale'. J. and I thought long about how best to translate this. 'A moral elegance' didn't seem exactly right. I suggested 'He hath a daily beauty in his life' from Othello, but the next line 'that makes me ugly' seemed unfair to M.Lang, Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-14019573630350030912008-11-05T23:59:00.000-05:002008-11-05T23:59:00.000-05:00I did not realize how tense I had been for the las...I did not realize how tense I had been for the last year until the race was called last night. Sometimes one aches after relaxing.<BR/><BR/>For delivery from GWB and henchmen, I will gladly ache.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-58253904674607579312008-11-05T13:55:00.000-05:002008-11-05T13:55:00.000-05:00Brown is maybe a step in that direction...Brown is maybe a step in that direction...Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-16181029641685909252008-11-05T09:53:00.000-05:002008-11-05T09:53:00.000-05:00Christopher, do you think a black prime minister i...Christopher, do you think a black prime minister is anywhere on the horizon?Mapeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149683683413237283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273420145917074292.post-60246342877453081672008-11-05T06:46:00.000-05:002008-11-05T06:46:00.000-05:00Very pleased for you and for us too, not least bec...Very pleased for you and for us too, not least because the Palindrome effect seems to have disappeared without trace. Delicacy forbids me to suggest where it might have gone.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.com