One of the stories I bookmarked some weeks ago I read in the print edition of Time. The headline virtually sneers: “Elitist, Moi?” The face that gazes back you in the photo is one a rumbled but fashion-conscious European. The story itself is far more interesting, as it profiles Tom Stoppard, who sees himself as a “timid libertarian.” I first encountered his work in college, when I read his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and watched film and live play versions. Stoppard’s also written screenplays, most notably Terry Gilliam’s dystopian movie, Brazil. This libertarian leaning might explain some of the content and themes of his plays, such as “The Coast of Utopia, his nearly nine-hour trilogy about Russia’s radical political thinkers of the 19th century.” Being located far from New York (though ten minutes walking distance from San Antonio’s own Broadway Ave), I have slim chance of attending any of his plays, but I’m going to have to try to located published versions of the same.