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The Fiscal Cliff as Kubla Khan’s Chasm

By Robin Bates | Published: December 31, 2012

Our looming fiscal cliff can be imagined as Coleridge’s “deep romantic chasm” in “Kubla Khan.”

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Leaping Off the Fiscal Cliff…and Flying

By Robin Bates | Published: December 11, 2012

Morrison’s “Song of Solomon” has advice for Obama in the fiscal cliff confrontation: Leap!

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Holmes, Moriarty Grapple on the Fiscal Cliff

By Robin Bates | Published: December 6, 2012

If Obama goes over the fiscal cliff as Sherlock goes over the Reichenbach Falls, then he’ll be all right.

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Budget Arm Wrestling with the GOP

By Robin Bates | Published: December 3, 2012

Obama appears to be playing Beowulf-hard rather than Wealtheow-soft in budget negotiations with the GOP.

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