For a “Talk of the Town” piece, The New Yorker spoke with Professor Donald E. Pease about Theodor Geisel, Class of 1925, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, and how Seuss’ story The Zax provides a parable about political stalemate that has relevance to the federal government’s current budgetary situation.

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