The recessional

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Title Page Epigraph Contents Introduction The Fountain Pen Cause and Effect Reds, Pinks, and Goo-Goos What’s in a Name Pippa Passes King Kong Some (Mainly) Musical Revelations Two Hangings Various Discoveries Farther Along; or, The Accident Chain On the Passivity of Jews Bruno Bettelheim and the Broke-Down Cowboy: Two American Stories Attention Must Be Paid Experts and Oligarchs Slave Lessons Belinda Raguesto Returns from Switzerland Hamlet and Oedipus Meet the Zombies A Message from Schpershevski Chelm; or, No Arrest for the Wicked Some Linguistic Curiosities The Nazis Got Your Mom Demotic, a Confession Grief and Wisdom Time Travel Moby Dick Real Live Rainy Day Fun for Shut-Ins: Xmas 2020 Give My Regrets to Broadway Broadway Gags Humility Max the Hamster Disons le Mot Art, Time, and the Madness of the Old Tug-of-Peace The Awl Through the Ear Goodnight, Irene Recessional Acknowledgments Index About the Author Also by David Mamet Copyright About the Publisher Copyright Title Page Dedication Contents Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you? Chapter 2: Renegade perception Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’ Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit Chapter 7: War on your mind Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it? Chapter 10: Human 2.0 Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult? Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko Postscript Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation Bibliography Index