March Madness

March Madness is here! Not the basketball variety, of course. This year's edition of March Madness is essentially the same as last month's February Madness and the madness of the preceding thirty-six months of the Trump presidency.

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Donald Trump is not the Easter Bunny, but he could be the March Hare.

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FYI: “Mad as a March Hare” is an even older proverb than “Mad as a Hatter.” Most speculate that the phrase refers to the excessively energetic behavior of the hare during early months of the mating season.

Donald Trum personifies the kind of madness Lewis Carroll explored in his writings. The excerpt below seems quite prophetic if one thinks of the coronavirus as the Snark as Trump as the insane man.

An Excerpt from the Hunting of the Snark
(Lewis Carroll, 1876)

The image above comes from the 1931 printing of Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark," a nonsense poem told in eight "fits." Henry Holiday, the illustrator, chose to illustrate this scene from the end of the eighth "fit," which describes an insane man's inability to express himself. The passage, though meant to be comedic, betrays a deep sympathy with madness and the people who "suffer" it.

To the horror of all who were present that day.

He uprose in full evening dress,

And with senseless grimaces endeavored to say

What his tongue could no longer express.

Down he sank in a chair--ran his hands through his hair--

And chanted in mimsiest tones

Words whose utter inanity proved his insanity,

While he rattled a couple of bones.

"Leave him here to his fate--it is getting so late!"

The Bellman exclaimed in a fright.

"We have lost half the day. Any further delay,

And we sha'nt catch a Snark before night!"