Philip Roth

Mitch Perry Report for 12.12.16 – Heroes

Published on December 12, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Bob Dylan opted to blow off the Nobel Prize for Literature awards ceremony in Sweden this weekend, instead opting to have Azita Raji, the U.S. Ambassador in Sweden, read a speech that he composed (And no, I had never heard of our ambassador to Sweden until I looked it up this weekend). Among those who care about this prestigious award, there has been some criticism about awarding a songwriter, and not a novelist or poet. The Swedish Academy defended its decision to…

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Julie Delegal: Jeb Bush — What are you going to do about Donald Trump?

Published on June 2, 2016 in 2017/Top Headlines by Guest Author

Dear former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, At one time, while you were still running for President, you were asked an interesting question: “If you could go back in time, and ‘take out’ Hitler, would you?” You answered, as most of us would, with a resounding “yes.” It’s 2016, and I’ll spare you any comparisons between the Republican nominee for President, Donald Trump, and Adolf Hitler. I won’t conflate Trump’s brand of authoritarianism with National Socialism (Nazism), fascism, or any other…

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