Tag Archives: coup attempt

Mike Pence Kept the Sky Suspended

By Robin Bates | Published: February 7, 2022

A.E. Housman has the proper poem for Mike Pence not giving way to Trump’s pressure on January 6.

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Milton’s Satan and the Jan 6 Insurrection

By Robin Bates | Published: January 5, 2022

Trump and his followers rebelling against the Constitution is like Milton’s angels rebelling against God.

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Virgil Would Have Understood January 6

By Robin Bates | Published: December 27, 2021

I repost an essay on how GOP insistence on “voter integrity” is a Trojan horse designed to prevent free and fair elections.

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Dryden on Charismatic Demagogues

By Robin Bates | Published: October 12, 2021

In Dryden’s Absalom, we see a politician who has Donald Trump’s ability to sway a crowd.

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