Tag Archives: GOP

A Plague on BOTH Houses? No, Only One

By Robin Bates | Published: October 10, 2013

“A plague on both your houses” doesn’t work for Mercutio or for citizens today.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 9, 2013

Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” offers a wish fulfillment that we can apply to the government shutdown.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 8, 2013

The GOP hostage takers resemble the Light Brigade, as well as the kidnappers in “Ransom of Red Chief,” “Fargo,” and “Ruthless People.”

By Robin Bates | Published: October 4, 2013

Tom Clancy helped create the narrative by which the Tea Party functions. Arthur Koestler may describe John Boehner’s inner state.

By Robin Bates | Published: June 27, 2013

Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People” helps us sort through some of the politics of climate change.

By Robin Bates | Published: June 5, 2013

Like Lewis Carroll’s Queen of Hearts, GOP investigation committees want verdict first, trial afterwards.

By Robin Bates | Published: April 2, 2013

Tim O’Brien describes a character for whom facts are formed by sensation. Sounds like today’s right wing.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 27, 2013

On the sequester, the GOP has been acting like the passive-aggressive Somerset Maugham character Louise.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 7, 2013

Some recent GOP attempts to soften their message while retaining their policies remind one of Orwellian doublespeak.