An Ursula LeGuin sci-fi story captures how different cultures respond to catastrophes differently. It’s very relevant to a world confronting Covid.
Tag Archives: Donald Trump
Pratchett Understands Amoral Enablers
For a spot-on depiction of GOP enablers of Donald Trump, check out the civic leaders in Terry Pratchett’s “Guards! Guards!”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Auto Wreck", Enabling Trump, GOP, Guards Guards, Karl Shapiro, Terry Pratchett Comments closed
Trump Tilts with Reality
Trump is like Don Quixote in that both deny reality. Quixote has much more benevolent motives, however.
Trump and Lear, Addicted to Praise
Trump, like Lear, needs sycophantic followers to salvage his ego. His Tulsa rally shook him because few of them showed up.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alls Well That Ends Well, King Lear, Tulsa rally, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Pratchett’s Witches to the Rescue
Terry Prachett’s comic fantasy sometimes describes our political reality as well as sophisticated political science.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 2020 election, Macbeth, Terry Pratchett, William Shakespeare, Wyrd Sisters Comments closed
Swift on How to Ignore 115,000 Deaths
Trump and others appear to be shrugging off the 115,000 (and counting) Covid-19 deaths in America. Gulliver in Book IV shows similar insensitivity.
Trump as Low-Rent Lear
I agree with George Will that Trump is like the narcissistic King Lear and his GOP enablers like T.S. Eliot’s Hollow Men
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Hollow Men", George Will, GOP, King Lear, T. S. Eliot, William Shakespeare Comments closed
What Would Lucille Clifton Say?
How would Lucille Clifton have responded to the death of George Floyd and the subsequent turmoil? I comb through her collected poems to find out.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "won't you celebrate with me", "after kent state", "jasper texas 1998", "new bones", George Floyd, James Byrd, Lucille Clifton, Minneapolis riots Comments closed
