Tag Archives: 2020 election

Looking for Non-Existent Voter Fraud

By Robin Bates | Published: January 4, 2021

Trump loves conspiracy theories. So, until she sees the light, does Catherine Morland in “Northanger Abbey.”

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Brecht on Trumpian Democracy Attacks

By Robin Bates | Published: December 15, 2020

Brecht has the perfect poem for Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.

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Lit for Understanding the Biden Voter

By Robin Bates | Published: December 8, 2020

To understand “the Joe Biden” voter, start with August Wilson’s “Fences.”

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A Wretch Concentered All in Self

By Robin Bates | Published: December 7, 2020

Look to Sir Walter Scott, not to Shakespeare, to sum up Donald Trump’s exit.

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Eeyore Sums Up the Modern GOP

By Robin Bates | Published: November 19, 2020

Eeyore delivers a cutting judgment that applies to how the GOP is enabling Trump in undermining the presidential transition.

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Hope for a Great Sea-Change

By Robin Bates | Published: November 1, 2020

The Seamus Heaney poem that Biden quotes in a new ad is itself taken from Heaney’s verse translation of Sophocles’s “Philoctetes.” It’s perfect for the current moment.

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Trump as a Gibbering Ice Giant

By Robin Bates | Published: October 21, 2020

For those expecting a coherent debate out of Trump tonight, check out the ice giant Nimrod in Dante’s “Inferno.” We can expect the same incoherence from the president.

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Biden-Trump Invites Dickens Comparisons

By Robin Bates | Published: October 19, 2020

If one thinks of the 2020 election in Dickensian terms, several novels come to mind.

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Kamala Harris, a Phenomenal Woman

By Robin Bates | Published: August 12, 2020

To understand the power exuded by Kamala Harris, check out these two Maya Angelou poems.

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