“Citizen Kane” is Trump’s favorite movie. It matches up only too well with his presidency.
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Tag Archives: Donald Trump
“Citizen Kane” Foretells Trump
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Eeyore Sums Up the Modern GOP
Eeyore delivers a cutting judgment that applies to how the GOP is enabling Trump in undermining the presidential transition.
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Trump Finds Covid Victims a Nuisance
Trump focusing on his own misery while ignoring the millions suffering from Covid is comparable to the French marquis in “Tale of Two Cities.”
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Donald J. Trump, Will You Please Go Now!
Dr. Seuss’s “Marvin K. Mooney” is a satisfying read as Trump attempts to hold on to office.
Lear Also Doesn’t Step Down Gracefully
We could have anticipated how Donald Trump would respond to losing by reading “King Lear.” All the stages are the same.
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“Stalin’s Epigram” and the Trump Era
Russian poet Osip Mandelstam describes life under Stalin. It eerily describes what life feels like under Trump.
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2020: Wandering between Two Worlds
A witty riff on a T. S. Eliot line and an illusion to a Matthew Arnold poem neatly capture the 2020 election results.
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Do Not Let Your Anger Drown You
Many Trump supporters are consumed by anger. Dante shows how they construct their own hells in the process.
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Parental Despair over Trump’s Orphans
Spiritual Sunday I don’t throw around the word “evil” lightly, but the Trump administration deliberately and systematically tearing children away from their asylum-seeking parents was evil. Although some of the children were still breastfeeding, Trump and his minions didn’t care enough to ensure the families could be reunited, which means that he may have created […]
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