As Trump attends a performance of “Les Misérables,” I apply passages from the novel to his military crackdown on protest.
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Trump=Gingham Dog, Musk=Calico Cat
Think of the Trump-Musk spat as the gingham dog vs. the calico cat from the Eugene Field poem.
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Trump, Musk, and Little Black Sambo
Trump and Musk coming to verbal altercations is like the tigers in “Little Black Sambo” devouring each other.
MAGA’s “Get Out of Sin Free” Pass
Browning poem on the antinomian thinker Johannes Agricola helps us understand some of Trump’s Christian followers.
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On Those Who Fail to Honor the Fallen
In bitter satire, Siegfried Sassoon lashes those who cheer marching soldiers but ignore war’s victims. Imagine what he would have thought of Donald Trump.
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Artists Leading the Resistance
Artists like Bruce Springsteen are taking on Donald Trump, whose attacks on art and artists is straight out the fascist playbook.
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Trump Takes a Page out of Dead Souls
Trump resembles the two conmen in Nikolai Gogol’s “Dead Souls.” But where he was once like the flamboyant Nozdrev, he has evolved to the more insidious Chichikov.
Dorian Gray, a Parable for Our Time
A recent Broadway production of “Picture of Dorian Gray” provides insights into our own narcissist-in-chief.
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The Wannabe Emperor’s New Clothes
Andersen’s “Emperor’s New Clothes” describes Trump’s con to perfection.
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