Apr 9, 2012 ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Shakespearean Masterpiece: Roman Polanski’s “Macbeth”

By Joseph Sobran|2022-08-15T11:37:12-05:00April 9th, 2012|Categories: Culture, Featured, Film, Joseph Sobran, Literature, William Shakespeare|

In “Macbeth,” Roman Polanski shows that even fidelity to Shakespeare can leave plenty of room for surprise. The film’s images capture the story’s paradoxes. April 12 was Shakespeare’s birthday. The real Shakespeare, I mean: Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. I thought a little celebrating was in order, so I watched one of the best [...]

Chairman Bernanke Buries the Phillips Curve: Bravo!

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been taking a lot of flak for his series of speeches at George Washington University over the last few weeks. Commentators have marveled at his mischaracterization of the gold standard and his defensiveness at the suggestion that loose Fed monetary policy of the early and mid-2000s played a role [...]