Is Trump like Lewis Carroll’s Queen of Hearts? In the case of Iran, let’s hope so.
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Hopefully, Trump Is the Queen of Hearts
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Taming Americans through Gaslighting
Increasingly we are being gaslighted by Donald Trump and his GOP followers. Carl Rosin identifies “Taming of the Shrew” as one of the great plays about gaslighting.
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Did Clancy Influence Iran Decision?
Intelligence expert Malcolm Nance speculates that a Tom Clancy novel may have contributed toward the killing of the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard.
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America’s Ubu Confronts Iran
Alfred Jarry wrote “Ubu Roi” as a satiric farce, but it comes very close to describing Donald Trump.
Welcoming the Stranger
In Homeric terms, Trump, in his treatment of immigrants, is akin to barbarians like the Cyclops and the Laestrygonians.
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In the Face of Trump, Be Aeneas Strong
Virgil’s “Aeneid” gives us images of a strong man standing up to enflamed passions. We need people to step up in the current impeachment debates.
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Trump Love: I Lie with Him and He with Me
Shakespeare Sonnets 138 and 147 describe Trump Love only too well.
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Trump as Sadist
Thinking of Trump as a sadist helps us better understand some of his initiatives. It’s therefore worth looking at Sade’s novels.
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