Tag Archives: COVID-19

Fox News and Its Crow(vid) Victims

By Robin Bates | Published: October 7, 2021

La Fontaine’s “The Fox and the Crow” captures how Fox News is bilking its viewers.

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Jane Austen Will Cure What Ails You

By Robin Bates | Published: September 22, 2021

Jane Austen therapy has been prescribed for war vets, London civilians under attack, and people hiding out from Covid.

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Eliot Explains Conspiracy Theories

By Robin Bates | Published: September 8, 2021

In “Middlemarch,” Eliot gives a succinct explanation as to why people are drawn to conspiracy theories.

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Anti-Maskers Seized by a Fury from Hell

By Robin Bates | Published: August 25, 2021

Anti-Maskers appear to have been infused by Allecto, the black fury from hell described in “Aeneid.”

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Worshipping False Covid Idols

By Robin Bates | Published: August 13, 2021

People resisting the Covid vaccines are like the counselors in “Beowulf” worshipping false idols to ward off Grendel’s attacks.

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The Classics Represent a No Bullshit Zone

By Robin Bates | Published: July 5, 2021

In a world where fake news threatens to bury us (and prolong the pandemic), literature represents a “no bullshit zone.”

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Flaubert Would Have Had Trump’s Number

By Robin Bates | Published: May 19, 2021

“Madame Bovary” gives us insight into why Trump botched the Covid response.

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Joyce’s Eveline & Vaccine Resistance

By Robin Bates | Published: April 21, 2021

Republicans refusing the Covid vaccine remind me of Eveline in Joyce’s “Dubliners.”

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Covid Dreams of Seaside Cliffs

By Robin Bates | Published: April 11, 2021

For those feeling stir crazy from Covid quarantining, this Christina Rossetti sonnet is for you.

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