<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488842598044_6740"> This little-known expatriate playwright has been given some searing and incisive if rambling and lengthy commentaries on our political plight over the past few months:</div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488842598044_6756" dir="ltr"><a class="enhancr2_1f4b5a8e-ee5d-7047-86fe-2a9cfb801632" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488842598044_6755" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/author/john-steppling/">John Steppling</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488842598044_6763"><br></div><div class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" id="enhancr2_1f4b5a8e-ee5d-7047-86fe-2a9cfb801632" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" contenteditable="false" data-size="medium" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="profile" data-embed-url="" data-url="http://www.counterpunch.org/author/john-steppling/"> <a class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488842598044_6780" style="text-decoration:none !important; 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