Evans’ Rag
Vol 4 Issue 11
Surfside condominium collapse, July 24, 2021—photo from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, Public Domain
Sarah Bakewell’s book, How to Live, or a Life of Montaigne, was published in 2010. Now twelve years later, the quote opening the Medium article, seems a timid reaction to our newest despot. Like mice scurrying for under the boards when all we want to do is roar.
It’s hard to imagine Putin could be shamed by words. My hope is that this current alliance against him proves the man’s paranoia correct, and we help send him to hell.
“Just when you think you’re out, they drag you back!” paraphrased with a nod to the scriptwriters, Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola—and Al Pacino.