Trump is as miserable as Milton’s Satan (and also a character in a Trollope novel). Unfortunately, like Satan, he does all he can to pull others into his well of misery.
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Trump and Satan, Both Miserable
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On Election Night 2024, The Tempest
On Election Night 2024, I turned to a subplot in Shakespeare’s “Tempest” to understand what was going on.
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To Survive Trump, Be Like Lizzie
How to survive Trumpism’s anticipated assaults on democracy? Reading Rossetti’s “Goblin Market” is a good place to start.
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Trump as Long John Silver
Trump has mercurial escape powers similar to those of Long John Silver in Stevenson’s novels. There a sliver of optimism in this comparison.
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Wicked, a Parable for Our Time
“Wicked” (the movie) shows us Trump-type scapegoating while “Wicked” (the book) also provides insight into how and why people are drawn to his sadism.
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Defeating Dragon Despair after Harris Loss
The insights of “Beowulf” into grieving can provide Democrats guidance for dealing with Harris’s loss.
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Eliot’s Hollow Men and Trump’s Enablers
T.S. Eliot’s “Waste Land” does a good job of describing Trump’s Congressional enablers.
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Kipling’s Warning to Empires
Kipling’s “Recessional,” written as a warning to the British empire, applies as well to America today.
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On Dante and Betrayal in Election 2024
While many Americans feel betrayed by their fellow voters following Election 2024, Dante’s vision of betrayal in “Inferno” may not apply.
