If pro-choice Senate Republicans are like the hollow people described by Dante and T. S. Eliot, we can’t expect them to vote down an anti-abortion Supreme Court justice.
Monthly Archives: June 2018
Will Hollow Senators Stand Up to Trump?
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Hollow Men", Donald Trump, GOP, Republican moderates, Supreme Court, Susan Collins, T. S. Eliot, Wasteland Comments closed
Iago Trump Whispers Poison into Our Ears
Of all Shakespeare characters, Trump, driven by racial resentment and thriving on chaos, may most resemble Iago.
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Imagining the Poor as Breeders
Donald Trump has been using words like “infest” and “breeding” to dehumanize people of color. Swift’s Modest Proposer does the same.
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What Really Happened with Goliath
In Robert Graves’s version of the David-Goliath story, confident righteousness can get you killed.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Goliath and David", protest poetry, Robert Graves, warfare Comments closed
Trump Policy Is Oliver Twist Redux
Dickens would have a field day with the Trump administration’s decision to separate children from their families.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Charles Dickens, immigrant children separation, Oliver Twist, social safety net, work requirements Comments closed
Hair That Jumps Up and Dances
Lucille Clifton’s “homage to my hair”lifts up those who have doubts about having kinky hair.
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Dante’s Place for GOP “Moderates”
Dante has a place in inferno for people like current Republicans “moderates” who talk a good game but refuse to stand up to Trump.
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