Tag Archives: Adolph Hitler

Roland, the Dark Tower, Hitler and Trump

By Robin Bates | Published: August 26, 2025

Browning’s poem “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came” captures the fatalism that can come upon countries facing rising fascism.

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Trump, Hitler: Two Storytelling Narcissists

By Robin Bates | Published: March 27, 2025

Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center stems from his fascination with and manipulation of culture, which he shares with Hitler.

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Brecht Quatrains for Challenging Times

By Robin Bates | Published: November 17, 2017

During World War II Bertolt Brecht wrote quatrains that speak powerfully to our own political times.

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Analyzing Loughner’s Booklist

By Robin Bates | Published: January 10, 2011

Like much of America, I am still in a state of shock over Saturday’s shooting of a Congresswoman, a judge, and 16 others. Like many I wonder if this was an example of a disturbed mind encountering the inflamed political rhetoric that has come to characterize American political discourse. (Add Arizona’s permissive gun laws into […]

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