Monthly Archives: November 2021

“What Is Truth?” He Asked of Truth Itself

By Robin Bates | Published: November 20, 2021

Cowper’s exploration of Truth takes Pilate’s question as its jumping off point.

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Mike Pence’s One Heroic Moment

By Robin Bates | Published: November 18, 2021

I compare Mike Pence with Housman’s mercenaries, who performed their duties more nobly than anticipated.

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My Lifelong Love Affair with the Classics

By Robin Bates | Published: November 17, 2021

Responding to an article claiming that a golden age of classical education is a myth, I look at my own classical education.

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Classical Education and Upward Mobility

By Robin Bates | Published: November 16, 2021

Was a classic education ever the norm in universities. This article claims that this is a myth.

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A Bridge Poem for Infrastructure Week

By Robin Bates | Published: November 15, 2021

An early 20th century bridge poem by popular Tennessee poet Will Allen Dromgoole is hokey but captures the spirit of Biden’s new infrastructure bill.

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Vax Resisters and…Wuthering Heights (?!)

By Robin Bates | Published: November 14, 2021

Could “anticipated regret” account for much vaccine hesitancy. I try applying the concept to “Wuthering Heights.”

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Preaching the Gospel to the Poor

By Robin Bates | Published: November 13, 2021

The wonderful Dinah Morris in George Eliot’s “Adam Bede” at one point delivers a sublime sermon.

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Rightwing Book Bans On the Rise

By Robin Bates | Published: November 11, 2021

Banning books is set of accelerate and English teachers and librarians will find themselves as targets, just like medical professionals before them.

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Death Has Made Me Wise, Bitter, Strong

By Robin Bates | Published: November 10, 2021

I honor Veterans Day with a Sassoon poem where a veteran remembers fallen comrades.

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