Tag Archives: Donald Trump

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.

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Trump’s Orwellian Cabinet Picks

1984 understands Trumpism like few other books.

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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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Caliban Defeats Prospero

It’s Prospero vs. Caliban in America, with Caliban having a very good chance of triumphing.

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