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The Unbearable Lightness of Donald Trump

Czech author Milan Kundera warned about how dictatorships thrive off of our forgetting. In a “Rolling Stone” article, Charlie Pierce argues that forgetting has led to the rise of Donald Trump.

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Reading Poems to Protest Donald Trump

A student attending a Donald Trump rally staged a silent protest by reading the poetry of Claudia Rankine. The collection of poems could not have been better chosen.

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Donald Trump as Willie Stark

Donald Trump calling out the GOP establishment is like Willie Stark calling out the Democratic establishment in “All the King’s Men.”

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Donald J. Trump, Will You Please Go Now!

Dr. Seuss’s “Marvin K. Mooney” is a satisfying read as Trump attempts to hold on to office.

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Trumpian Darkness or True Light? Choose

Trump and many of his fans twist themselves in the perpetual torment of their resentment and anger. Henry Vaughan describes their state in “The World.”

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Would Willy Loman Be a Trump Supporter?

Donald Trump as Willy Loman? Well, both are dreamers. Only one of them, however, is cruel.

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Toad and Trumpian Politics

Many of Trump’s primary opponents have behaved like Toad after a motor car runs over his gypsy caravan.

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Vlad’s Black Riders, Trump’s Tell-Tale Heart

Recent literature citations by opinion writers include “Lord of the Rings,” “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”

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Trump as a Sadistic Steinbeck Bully

As bully, Trump resembles Curley in “Of Mice and Men.” Recently Biden, like Lennie, struck back.

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