Monthly Archives: August 2014

War in the Name of Religion

By Robin Bates | Published: August 31, 2014

Denise Levertov, who called out Jewish complicity in the 1982 massacres by Lebanese Christians, might do the same today with Gaza.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 30, 2014

My love of the NFL runs me up against some real moral quandaries. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte would understand.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 29, 2014

Projection helps explain many of the killings of unarmed young black men. Ralph Ellison is an expert on how projection works.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 28, 2014

William Deresiewicz’s recent book “Excellent Sheep” may make the same mistake as other books about college: generalize about students.

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By Robin Bates | Published: August 27, 2014

My upcoming colonoscopy has me thinking about Tobias Smollett’s “Humphry Clinker.”

By Robin Bates | Published: August 26, 2014

A “New Republic” article attacks liberals for killing the arts. I disagree.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 25, 2014

Robert Frost’s “Tuft of Flowers” helped me grieve for my son in ways I am only beginning to understand.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 24, 2014

Ruth Pitter’s “Estuary” works as a response to Matthew Arnold’s crisis of faith in “Dover Beach.”

By Robin Bates | Published: August 23, 2014

I fear that, in the upcoming U.S. Open, Roger Federer will be like Gremio in “Taming of the Shrew.”