Democrats waiting for bipartisan compromise is like waiting for Godot.
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Waiting for Godot–or Gopot
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GOP’s New Math: 2 + 2 = 5
Now even Republicans are citing 1984 in response to Trump’s claims of voter fraud.
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Garcia Marquez on Erasing History
As the GOP attempts to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 insurrection, an erased massacre in “100 Years of Solitude” comes to mind.
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1984, the Novel That Never Gets Old
1984, always relevant. Now more than ever.
Is a Fair Election Fight Still Possible?
“Prince Caspian” has a fight that foregrounds the issues the U.S. confronts regarding free and fair elections.
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Joyce’s Eveline & Vaccine Resistance
Republicans refusing the Covid vaccine remind me of Eveline in Joyce’s “Dubliners.”
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Texas GOP Tilts with Windmills
As the Texas power grid implodes in the fact of arctic weather, the GOP pulls a Quixote and blames… windmills.
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