Tag Archives: David Frum

When Threatened, Power Elites Go Ballistic

By Robin Bates | Published: September 29, 2026

To what extent will DJT and MAGA go to to maintain power? Mistry’s novel A Fine Balance shows the brutality elites are capable of when threatened.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 28, 2021

Strange new alliance have formed in response to Trumpism. Conservative David Frum points out that Marcel Proust described similar shifts in his day.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 27, 2015

Dostoevsky’s Grand Inquisitor helps explain Donald Trump’s popularity: people want certainty more than they want freedom of thought.