Monthly Archives: September 2014

Ray Rice, John Wilmot, & Macho Culture

By Robin Bates | Published: September 11, 2014

Ray Rice’s fury at his fiancé, like John Wilmot’s distrust of women, shows his inability to move from the world of men to that of women.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 10, 2014

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Aurora Leigh” captures my own relationship with books.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 9, 2014

Many have been quoting Robert Burns’ “Scots Wha Hae” as Scotland’s referendum on independence approaches.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 8, 2014

Whether you see laughter as benign or hostile may come down to what kind of person you are.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 7, 2014

C. S. Lewis has a poem that addresses our frustrations that God isn’t listening to our prayers.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 6, 2014

The Seattle Seahawks look prepared, once again, to unleash havoc on the other teams in the NFL–like the hawk in a Robert Cording poem.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 5, 2014

Obama seemed to be responding to an Estonian poet in his NATO speech.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 4, 2014

“Saving Mr. Banks” doesn’t admit just how thoroughly Disney stole Mary Poppins from author P.L. Travers.