Tag Archives: GOP

Ayn Rand Likes Systems, Not Humans

By Robin Bates | Published: February 18, 2014

Ayn Rand’s novels appeal to those who prefer systems over people.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 24, 2013

With unemployment insurance set to run out next week, it’s time to invoke Charles Dickens’ “Christmas Carol.” FDR did so.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 3, 2013

If “Huck Finn” has predictive value, the class tensions within today’s GOP will be papered over by racism.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 19, 2013

The critique in “Jane Eyre” of privileged classes who attack the poor anticipates today’s political scene.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 11, 2013

William Carlos Williams has a poem that prompts us to see beyond immigrant stereotypes.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 30, 2013

Charles Dickens’ Sissy Jupe, in her innocence, could teach the GOP something about its insensitivity to the needs of the poor.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 28, 2013

To understand Obama derangement and the government shutdown, Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Artificial Nigger” is a good place to start.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 25, 2013

Perfect advice from Tolstoy for the GOP.

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By Robin Bates | Published: October 16, 2013

Can the Tea Party move beyond fantasies and deal with the world as it really is? Shakespeare and Yeats weigh in.