What is it about Donald Trump that brings out the literary analogies? First a Salon columnist compared him to Odysseus’s Cyclops, then the New Yorker’s John Cassidy saw him as Gulliver, and most recently Rachel Maddow of MSNBC and others have compared him to Frankenstein’s monster. I’ve written about the Cyclops parallel here, but let’s take […]
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Trump as Frankenstein’s Monster
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Fox, Like Odysseus, Tries to Gouge Trump
A Salon columnist compares Trump to the Cyclops in “The Odyssey.” He has a point.
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GOP Budget Proposes Gruel Cuts
Mean-spirited legislators who seek to cut food stamps and other programs for the poor bear more than a little resemblance to the workhouse authorities in “Oliver Twist.”
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American Politics, Dashiell Hammett Style
Dashiell Hammett’s rough and tumble novels catch some of the spirit of today’s political battles.
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Reflecting on “A Little Learning”
Pope’s “a little learning is a dangerous thing” applies to many of today’s policy debates.
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Why GOP Right Is Beating Up on the Poor
Paul Ryan projects upon the poor as Joseph Conrad did upon Africans.
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