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Tag Archives: Oscar Wilde
least of burden: virtual complaints
Black Friday. Property is such a drag. Virtual wealth. Oscar Wilde ( 1891) Condescending Champagne Socialism in a rant that is more about Oscar than any political ideology. Some virtue to what he says ( but like Voltaire can see … Continue reading
whiff of evil
…Dorian Grey and his diabolical bargain that Oscar Wilde wrote in 1890. Instead of growing old, he keeps a portrait of himself which does his ageing for him, as well as showing off all the marks of his increasing depravity. … Continue reading
get rid of it in the interests of the rich
Secular humanism. Atheism. Modernism, Moral relativism. All parts of liberalist ideology? We are all the same and there is no difference. Even a five year old could assert its a bald faced lie and the entire premise of multi-culturism and equality … Continue reading
captain dreyfus: court farcial
…The premier, Charles Aexandre Dupuy, the foreign minister, Gabriel Hanotux, and other cabinet colleagues whom Mercier consulted, had advised against hasty action in the case: the reactions of both the French public and the German Kaiser were dangerously unpredictable. Gen. … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, Carlos Blacker, Chris Healy Irish poet, Col. A. Panizzardi, Col. Henry Dreyfus Affair, Col. Jean Sandherr, Col. Max von Schwartzkoppen, Eddie Naughton, Emile Zola, Francisco Goya, Gen. Auguste Mercier, Gregor Dallas, Honore Daumier, Ilan Halimi, Jean-Louis Levy, Justice Michael Kirby Australia, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maj. Mercier du Paty de Clam, Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, Peter Lefcourt, Robert Maguire, Rowland Strong, The Dreyfus Affair, Tom Verlaine, Vincent Duclert historian, Yolande Jansen
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spy vs. spy: wilde for dreyfus
Remembering Dreyfus. The time was la belle epoque, and the stage was France. But the chief actors in the drama- the double agents, perfidious generals, conniving politicians, and anti-Semites posing as patriots- have remained on the political scene ever since… … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Auguste Herbin, Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, Carlos Blacker, Chris Healy Irish poet, Col. Jean Sandherr, Eddie Naughton, Emile Zola, Gen. Auguste Mercier, Gregor Dallas, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maj. Mercier du Paty de Clam, Major Marie Charles Esterhazy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Maurice Paleologue, Maurice Weil, Oscar Wilde, Peter Lefcourt, Richard Dreyfuss, Rowland Strong, The Dreyfus Affair, Yolande Jansen
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dreyfus: delusions on Secret Judah
Manifestations of public delirium. A delusive dread of subversion turning into mass paranoia. An invisible enemy and a demonic skill in manipulating the channels of communication. The ghosts of the Dreyfus Affair are still with us, its residue a festering … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Alan M. Dershowitz, Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, Charles Haas, Col. Henry Dreyfus Affair, Col. Jean Sandherr, Gen. Auguste Mercier, Gustave Schlumberger, Hannah Arendt, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Major Georges Picquart, Major Marie Charles Esterhazy, Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, Richard Dreyfuss, Siegfried Thalheimer historian, The Dreyfus Affair
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affordable pauper
by Art Chantry: these are books by “the peter pauper press”. they are small (4 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ x 3/8″). they are beautifully designed and letterpress printed, often sporting illustrations by some of the best illustrators of the era. … Continue reading
jazz age: poignancy of the brief
” This timeless moment… warm, mindless, immediate” … John Held Jr.’s moment came with the season of Coolidge prosperity, a season so warmly sunlit that few noticed the slanting rays were autumnal. The conflicts of the postwar adjustment period were … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Charles Dana Gibson, John Held Jr., John Held Jr. The New Yorker, Life Magazine John Held Jr., Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Oscar Wilde, Percy Marks, Percy Marks The Plastic Age, robert benchley, Robert Sherwood Life
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