This is what Trump's doctors read when he was in hospital

 
A best-seller translated into 14 languages.

    

Arendt on Trump and Trumpism: a Tweet

The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e. the reality of the experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e. the standards of thought) no longer exist.[1]

Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)

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[1] Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (New York: Harcourt/Harvest Book, 1976), p. 474.  A remarkable work, the concluding chapter is particularly interesting as it discusses the roles of isolation and loneliness in the shaping of pre-totalitarianism, which drew on the “uprooted” nature of much of modernity. However, in light of today’s pandemic, Arendt’s analysis of “organized loneliness” (p. 478) could be construed in a different manner by “anti-maskers” to support ideologies the Jewish philosopher both experienced and  fought against.

Terry Fox shortlisted for new $5 note

Terry Fox was – and his legacy still is – an inspiration for all Canadians, including myself, but I doubt his image will appear on the next $5 bill, because it would be considered free advertising for the Terry Fox Foundation.  A simple solution would be to put his image on the $100 bill – where nobody would see it.

Enemies of the People:

 

Peroration - A Definition

The peroration is the bellow of the mediocre actor upon the last verse of the tirade.

Francisque Sarcey, Recollections of Middle Life (1892)[1]

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[1] Francisque Sarcey, Recollections of Middle Life, tr. Elisabeth Luther Cary (London: William Heinemann [Scholar Select Reprint], 1893), p. 162.  Originally published in 1892 as Souvenirs d’âge mûr. Sarcey was France's most prominent drama critic over four decades in the last half of the nineteenth century.