Tag Archives: Donald Trump

Trump, Musk, and Little Black Sambo

Trump and Musk coming to verbal altercations is like the tigers in “Little Black Sambo” devouring each other.

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MAGA’s “Get Out of Sin Free” Pass

Browning poem on the antinomian thinker Johannes Agricola helps us understand some of Trump’s Christian followers.

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On Those Who Fail to Honor the Fallen

In bitter satire, Siegfried Sassoon lashes those who cheer marching soldiers but ignore war’s victims. Imagine what he would have thought of Donald Trump.

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Artists Leading the Resistance

Artists like Bruce Springsteen are taking on Donald Trump, whose attacks on art and artists is straight out the fascist playbook.

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Trump Takes a Page out of Dead Souls

Trump resembles the two conmen in Nikolai Gogol’s “Dead Souls.” But where he was once like the flamboyant Nozdrev, he has evolved to the more insidious Chichikov.

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Dorian Gray, a Parable for Our Time

A recent Broadway production of “Picture of Dorian Gray” provides insights into our own narcissist-in-chief.

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The Wannabe Emperor’s New Clothes

Andersen’s “Emperor’s New Clothes” describes Trump’s con to perfection.

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Kingsolver on Trump’s Rabid Support

Kingsolver’s novel “Unsheltered” shows the role that racism plays in Trump’s support.

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What We Should Value in a Leader

Wordsworth’s “Character of a Happy Warrior” describes everything that Trump is not but it captures some of our great presidents.

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