Tag Archives: Anthony Trollope

The Virtues of a True Conservative

By Robin Bates | Published: January 20, 2015

Anthony Trollope’s thoughtful critiques of progressives can lead to constructive dialogues between conservatives and progressives.

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Fox Would Appall Conservative Trollope

By Robin Bates | Published: January 15, 2015

Conservative though he is, Anthony Trollope would be appalled at the arrogance of our rightwing media, given the way he goes after “The Jupiter” in “The Warden.”

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Election Day as Trollope Describes it

By Robin Bates | Published: November 4, 2014

Anthony Trollope wittily describes an election in “Doctor Thorne.”

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The Evil I Do Not Want Is What I Do

By Robin Bates | Published: July 6, 2014

Spiritual Sunday In today’s Episcopal service we encounter a passage from St. Paul’s letter to the Romans that I particularly like, in large part because it captures an internal conflict that we can all relate to. It also reminds me of a passage from Anthony Trollope’s The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867). First, here’s St. […]

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