Tag Archives: Donald Trump

Truth in ’24, a Pearl of Great Price

By Robin Bates | Published: January 10, 2024

Biden called for truth telling in a recent speech, reminding me of Cowper’s “The Task.”

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Trump, “Vermin” and Terry Pratchett

By Robin Bates | Published: January 9, 2024

In “Snuff” one of Terry Pratchett’s angriest book, the author takes on racism, ethnocentrism, and intolerance.

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Nikki Haley, a Minor Character in 1984

By Robin Bates | Published: January 1, 2024

Nikki Haley reminds one of Tom Parsons in “1984.” Also of one of T.S. Eliot’s hollow men.

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Sebald’s “Austerlitz” and Fascism’s Rise

By Robin Bates | Published: December 25, 2023

Sebald’s novel “Austerlitz” provides insights to fascism than anticipate Trump.

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The Left Wants to Cancel Orwell? Nope

By Robin Bates | Published: December 12, 2023

MAGA fans of 1984 are now accusing leftists of canceling Orwell. Which is not true.

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Why the GOP Is Quoting 1984

By Robin Bates | Published: November 30, 2023

American authoritarians appropriating Orwell’s “1984” for their own use is itself an Orwellian move.

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Does Hamlet Speak for Generation Z?

By Robin Bates | Published: November 28, 2023

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Biden and Auden’s Unknown Citizen

By Robin Bates | Published: November 27, 2023

Auden’s “Unknown Citizen” looks better now than when the poet wrote the poem.

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Our Country, a Land of Poverty

By Robin Bates | Published: November 25, 2023

Blake calls out those who claim to be Christians while mistreating the poor.

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