Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Holmes, Moriarty Grapple on the Fiscal Cliff

By Robin Bates | Published: December 6, 2012

If Obama goes over the fiscal cliff as Sherlock goes over the Reichenbach Falls, then he’ll be all right.

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Good Men Are Hard to Find

By Robin Bates | Published: November 26, 2012

Hurricane Sandy bringing us together is like the killer in Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” spurring the grandmother’s epiphany.

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An Austen Romance for Dems and GOP?

By Robin Bates | Published: November 9, 2012

It proved easy to apply the election to Toni Morrison and Jane Austen in my classes.

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Morrison’s Novel Shaped the President

By Robin Bates | Published: November 8, 2012

“Song of Solomon,” one of Obama’s favorite books, yield important insights into him and his African American supporters.

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Elated? Depressed? This Lit’s for You

By Robin Bates | Published: November 7, 2012

Lit to caution election night winners and bolster election night losers.

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Riveted by Competing Campaign Narratives

By Robin Bates | Published: November 3, 2012

Political campaigns have come to be seen as competing narratives, providing those who understand fiction with special insight.

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Beowulf for Four More Years

By Robin Bates | Published: November 1, 2012

Obama’s journey over the past four years has been Beowulf’s journey, both in its high points and in its low.

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Is Obama in the Grip of Grendel’s Mother?

By Robin Bates | Published: October 9, 2012

Is Obama in a funk over his responsibilities as a war president? If so, “Beowulf” has answers.

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Mitt Weaves a Tangled Web of Deceit

By Robin Bates | Published: October 8, 2012

Mitt Romney’s “tangled web” entraps Obama and recalls Sir Walter Scott.

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