The current candidates for Trump’s V-P are behaving like Alexander Pope’s dunces.
Tag Archives: George Orwell
GOP Veepstakes and Pope’s Dunciad
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 1984, Alexander Pope, Donald Trump, Dunciad, GOP Veepstakes, J.D. Vance, Marco Rubio Comments closed
The GOP Has Learned to Love Big Brother
Many in the GOP who condemned January 6 when it happened now, like Winston Smith, love Big Brother.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 1984, authoritarianism, Donald Trump, GOP, January 6 insurrection Comments closed
They Shoot Puppies, Don’t They?
Gov. Kristi Noem boasting of shooting her puppy brings to mind the tragic dog killing by Gabriel Oak in Hardy’s “Far from the Madding Crowd.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Adam Serwer, animal cruelty, Charlotte's Web, E. B. White, Far from the Madding Crowd, Fred Gipson, Harper Lee, Kristi Noem, Old Yeller, Shooting an Elephant, Thomas Hardy, To Kill a Mockingbird Comments closed
Moscow’s Terror Attack and Big Brother
Like Big Brother, Putin is attempting to change the facts of the Moscow terrorist attack to justify his political goals.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 1984, Moscow terror attack, Russo-Ukraine War, Vladimir Putin Comments closed
Revisiting “It Can’t Happen Here”
Mother Jones columnist David Corn finds increasing relevance in Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel “It Can’t Happen Here.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 1984, Donald Trump, Fascism, It Can't Happen Here, MAGA, Sinclair Lewis Comments closed
Nikki Haley, a Minor Character in 1984
Nikki Haley reminds one of Tom Parsons in “1984.” Also of one of T.S. Eliot’s hollow men.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Hollow Men", 1984, authoritarianism, Donald Trump, Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Nikki Haley, T. S. Eliot Comments closed
The Left Wants to Cancel Orwell? Nope
MAGA fans of 1984 are now accusing leftists of canceling Orwell. Which is not true.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 1984, authoritarianism, Donald Trump, Feminism, Sandra Newman Comments closed
The Greater Love? Family or Big Brother?
Why do people choose Trump over loved ones? “1984” provides an explanation.
