Tag Archives: Election 2024

Is Trump Set to Inherit the Wind?

By Robin Bates | Published: August 11, 2024

The way that the Bryan figure deflates in “Inherit the Wind” may prefigure Trump’s demise.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 8, 2024

Mary Oliver’s tells us to savor joy, which is what many are doing with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 4, 2024

“Kamala” is Sanskrit for lotus. This Scott Bates poem on the fertility symbolism of the lotus captures some of Harris’s strengths.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 1, 2024

Harris rejuvenating the race after taking over from Biden brings to mind the myth of the fisher king.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 31, 2024

Think of Trump as Chaucer’s Pardoner, a conman who thinks he can trick people he’s revealed his tricks to.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 28, 2024

Gymnast GOAT Biles has a tattoo of a line from Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” to inspire her.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 25, 2024

Le Guin’s “Farthest Shore” has insights applicable to the Biden-Harris succession.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 22, 2024

After the shooting, some Trump allies wanted to believe it had softened him. And Rabbit thinks Tigger can be unbounced.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 15, 2024

With Republicans attempting to blame Democrats for the Trump shooting, let’s look at what Borges says about conspiracy theories.