Tag Archives: Election 2024

Note to Trump: Time for Real Work

By Robin Bates | Published: December 4, 2024

Marge Piercy’s “To Be of Use” should be a reminder to incoming politicians that the real work of governing is not a television reality show.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 3, 2024

The insights of “Beowulf” into grieving can provide Democrats guidance for dealing with Harris’s loss.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 26, 2024

Kipling’s “Recessional,” written as a warning to the British empire, applies as well to America today.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 17, 2024

Returning home after 7 weeks abroad feels like Frodo returning home to a devastated Shire.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 12, 2024

While “Midnight’s Children” may apply only too closely to Trump-led America, there’s some room for hope in it as well.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 12, 2024

A recent poem about hope–which many of us need at the moment.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 7, 2024

Auden’s mourning poem “Stop All the Clocks” captures the mood of those who saw a fascist triumph in the American presidential election.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 6, 2024

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

By Robin Bates | Published: November 4, 2024

Kamala Harris resembles Shakespeare’s Henry V in some important ways.