Tag Archives: Herman Melville

U.S. Trusts Donald Trump Over Religious Leaders, News Media

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Campaign Outsider

(With apologies to Herman Melville) Whenever the hardworking staff finds itself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in our soul; whenever we find ourselves involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear … Continue reading →

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Campaign Outsider Book Club™: Anna Burns’s Novel ‘Milkman’

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

I could not recommend this book more highly. But don’t take my word for it – Milkman won the prestigious Man Booker Prize last year and the Orwell Prize for political fiction this year. Patrick Radden Keefe, whose best seller Say … Continue reading →

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Why I’d Like To Read ‘Moby-Dick’ Again

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Happily, I’ve read Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick twice in my life – once in college (Xavier University, Class of ’71) and once on a trip to Nantucket four years later, during which I walked contemplatively down a grassy strip of road and … Continue reading →

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