The insights of “Beowulf” into grieving can provide Democrats guidance for dealing with Harris’s loss.
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Defeating Dragon Despair after Harris 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.
Trump’s Orwellian Cabinet Picks
1984 understands Trumpism like few other books.
Returning to a Desecrated Shire
Returning home after 7 weeks abroad feels like Frodo returning home to a devastated Shire.
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Rushdie on Dreams That Refuse to Die
While “Midnight’s Children” may apply only too closely to Trump-led America, there’s some room for hope in it as well.
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The Political Results of Collective Amnesia
Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children” describes the kind of amnesia following a traumatic incident that may help explain one of the reasons why Trump beat Biden.
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Stop the Clocks: This Is the Hour of Lead
Auden’s mourning poem “Stop All the Clocks” captures the mood of those who saw a fascist triumph in the American presidential election.
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