Tag Archives: GOP

Handmaid’s Tale Comes a Step Closer

By Robin Bates | Published: May 3, 2022

We’re a step closer to “The Handmaid’s Tale.” But can find strength from “A Wrinkle in Time.”

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Sin, Death, and a Pro-Covid GOP

By Robin Bates | Published: December 2, 2021

As the GOP becomes a pro-Covid party, they resemble Satan in “Paradise Lost,” unleashing death upon humankind.

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First They Came for Toni Morrison, Then…

By Robin Bates | Published: November 3, 2021

In the right attacks Toni Morrison novels, does this mean that Homer, Dostoevsky, Milton, and Sophocles are next?

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Comparing Claudius’ and Trump’s Coups

By Robin Bates | Published: October 24, 2021

The GOP desire to move on from Trump’s coup attempt is like Claudius wanting to move on from his successful one against Hamlet’s father.

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Dryden on Charismatic Demagogues

By Robin Bates | Published: October 12, 2021

In Dryden’s Absalom, we see a politician who has Donald Trump’s ability to sway a crowd.

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Chekhov’s Gun and American Elections

By Robin Bates | Published: September 28, 2021

Are stories of rightwing militias carrying AK-47s also carrying Chekhov’s gun? What happens in the next act?

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Jan. 6 Reenacted “Julius Caesar”

By Robin Bates | Published: July 28, 2021

In certain ways, January 6 was a reenactment of “Julius Caesar.” Trump supporters, however, were more Cassius than Brutus.

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GOP Has Perfected Invisibility

By Robin Bates | Published: June 3, 2021

If Trump’s GOP is not held accountable for January 6, it will be Wells’s “Invisible Man” redux.

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