Tag Archives: E. D. Hirsch

Lit, a Critical Defense against Fascism

By Robin Bates | Published: September 1, 2025

Have Democrat’s suffered from a lack of imagination? Literature can help fix that. (For instance, “Handmaid’s Tale,” “1984,” and “Ozymandias.”)

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Ozymandias", 1984, anti-abortion movement, censorship, Fascism, George Orwell, Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Hubbell, Trumpism | Comments closed

Using Shakespeare in Business Dealings

By Robin Bates | Published: December 30, 2009

In yesterday’s examination of universal health care legislation in terms of Dickens’ Christmas Carol, I mentioned E. D. Hirsch’s Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (1988). Hirsch believes that cultures need a set of common texts to function effectively. While I have some reservations about that work, I wholeheartedly support Hirsch’s contention that […]

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Imagine Everyone Reading and Discussing

By Robin Bates | Published: September 17, 2009

James McBride This evening our Leonardtown Library Book Discussion group discusses James McBride’s Song Yet Sung, a fine book that I will address in an upcoming post. Today I want to talk about the occasion. Readers from all over Maryland are reading this book as part of a “One Maryland One Book” program sponsored by […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Big Read, Cultural Literacy, Earnest Gaines, James McBride, Lesson before Dying, literacy, One Maryland One Book, reading groups, Song Yet Sung, William Bennett | Comments closed

Tag Archives: E. D. Hirsch

Lit, a Critical Defense against Fascism

Using Shakespeare in Business Dealings

Imagine Everyone Reading and Discussing

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