I've been noticing some of the smoke signals going up in the on-and-off line world. Most recently a cute little note from (cute little) Robert Reich (with the heart of a giant lion to be sure) to whatever-the-cost not give up on Democracy and capitalism. In the meantime I'm reminded of the Claudius books by Robert Graves.

My purpose is to instill heart in our mini community of depressive outrage but part of treatment as you can see by my selections below is via catharsis. We gain courage and resolution by reflecting on the trials and tribs of our ancestors.

I could append commentary on why I've included the items I've done, but I want to know if anyone likes this idea and has their own additions to make.

So I've got s little list:

Robert Graves:
I Claudius
Claudius the God

Robert Penn Warren:
All The King's Men