Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Medicare Politics and Gullible Oysters

By Robin Bates | Published: August 23, 2012

Like the oysters in “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” Americans are being lied to about GOP plans for Medicare.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 6, 2012

Pundits have recently been turning to literature to comment on the 2012 elections.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 27, 2012

The process of writing a book applying “Beowulf” to contemporary American politics has brought me insight and hope.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 10, 2012

The Romney weekend fundraising event in the Hamptons uncomfortably mirrors the parties that occur in the Hamptons in “The Great Gatsby.”

By Robin Bates | Published: June 4, 2012

Maureen Down is accusing Obama of the grandiosity of Hemingway and the detachment of Walker Percy’s moviegoer.

By Robin Bates | Published: May 30, 2012

Mitt Romney’s favorite novel, “Battleship Earth,” is a throwback to an America that no longer exists.

By Robin Bates | Published: May 17, 2012

Obama’s youthful love letters see him moving seamlessly between great ideas and sexual desire.

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By Robin Bates | Published: May 2, 2012

Perhaps some of the conservative antipathy to Obama is because he is seen as just taking over when he promised to work for social justice.

By Robin Bates | Published: April 17, 2012

Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” remains relevant, including to the Trayvon Martin case.