{"id":2454371,"date":"2020-02-10T17:44:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T00:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/america-mired-in-a-shakespearean-tragedy\/"},"modified":"2020-02-11T07:23:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T14:23:32","slug":"america-mired-in-a-shakespearean-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/america-mired-in-a-shakespearean-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"America mired in a Shakespearean tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Stephen Greenblatt\u2019s \u201cTyrant: Shakespeare On Politics,\u201d his publisher\u2019s introduction says: \u201cCherished institutions seem fragile, political classes are in disarray, economic misery fuels populist anger, people knowingly accept being lied to, partisan rancor dominates, spectacular indecency rules \u2026 unquenchable narcissistic appetites of demagogues, and the cynicism and opportunism of the various enablers and hangers-on, surround them.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 400 years after Shakespeare, present-day America retains its claim to being \u201cone nation under God,\u201d yet three of its chief executives faced impeachment during the past 50 years.<\/p>\n

During its most recent proceeding, the current Democrat speaker of the House and a sole Republican member of the Senate spoke and voted against acquittal \u2014 such acquittal having failed, leaving the president in office to mirror those conditions presented above by author Greenblatt\u2019s publisher.<\/p>\n

Both the current speaker (a devout Roman Catholic) and the sole Republican (a devout Mormon) were careful and alert to remind American citizens of the necessity to maintain church and state separation, all the while making continual appeal to God for wise secular governance.<\/p>\n

However, it became alarming to many to witness the words and actions of this president, which suggests perhaps that the New Testament of Holy Scripture commands a prominent place on his \u201cIndex of Forbidden Books.\u201d<\/p>\n

For in this man\u2019s mind, \u201cvengeance\u201d is his, and the Christian requirement of \u201cforgiveness\u201d is a weak and unmanly failing.<\/p>\n

In view of religion, law, and economics currently directing American politics, serious thought ought to be given within America\u2019s colleges and universities toward re-emphasizing a humanities curriculum.<\/p>\n

Absent of moral and intellectual virtues (what it means to be human), Americans remain vulnerable to low moral IQ narcissists, as its citizens remain unmindful of Thomas Jefferson\u2019s prophetic admonition: \u201cIf the good and able withdraw themselves from society, the venal and ignorant will succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Art Allard<\/p>\n

Aspen<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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