Tag Archives: Donald Trump

An Ego the Size of the Universe

By Robin Bates | Published: February 9, 2026

Zaphod Beeblebox has an ego the size of the universe in “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” But is it as big as Donald J. Trump’s.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 8, 2026

Trump complaining that the deaths of Good and Petti are “bad publicity” makes him appear as small as Gulliver in the land of the giants.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 1, 2026

Battling Trump feels eerily like the hobbits battling Sauron.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 28, 2026

Trump’s corrupt offer to Minnesota—give up your voting records and we’ll withdraw ICE—brings to mind Angelo’s corrupt offer in “Measure for Measure.”

By Robin Bates | Published: January 26, 2026

A passage from William Cowper’s “The Task”—about self-indulgent princes—captures America’s current president.

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By Robin Bates | Published: January 4, 2026

Blake’s “The Grey Monk” captures everything that’s wrong about Trump’s Venezuela invasion.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 17, 2025

Thomas Pynchon’s plots, intricate though they are, can’t compete with DJT’s fictions.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 10, 2025

Brundage’s magnificent crime novel “All Things Cease to Appear” frustrates our longing for accountability—as does DJT.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 1, 2025

“Macbeth” is probably the best Shakespearean play for capturing the Trump presidency and Trump resistance.