Monthly Archives: March 2014

Jane Eyre: Poverty Is No Crime

By Robin Bates | Published: March 13, 2014

Unemployed Americans are much more like Jane Eyre than hammock-seeking wastrels.

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Lewis Carroll’s Revolt against “Reality”

By Robin Bates | Published: March 12, 2014

“Alice in Wonderland” was Carroll’s protest against Victorian society.

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Milton Would Call Paul Ryan a Wolf

By Robin Bates | Published: March 11, 2014

Paul Ryan’s hypocrisy about the poor deserves a Miltonian rebuke.

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An Afghan Vet’s Green Knight Encounter

By Robin Bates | Published: March 10, 2014

An Afghan vet found his war experience captured by “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.”

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“Jane Eyre” as Lenten Meditation

By Robin Bates | Published: March 9, 2014

In Jane’s battle with St. John Rivers, we have material that helps us understand the true meaning of Lent.

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Lebron James, Poetry in Motion

By Robin Bates | Published: March 8, 2014

A Kent Cartright poem to celebrate Lebron’s 61 points.

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New Grandchild Born under a Dancing Star

By Robin Bates | Published: March 7, 2014

To celebrate the birth of my new granddaughter, I turn to Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Shakespeare.

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Pope’s Longing for a Spotless Mind

By Robin Bates | Published: March 6, 2014

The movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” uses an Alexander Pope poem as its springboard.

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A Modest Proposal for Shooting Students

By Robin Bates | Published: March 5, 2014

Reacting against a proposal to allow guns on Idaho campuses, an Idaho professor has come up with a modest proposal of his own.

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