Tag Archives: H.G. Wells

The Dream of Acting with Impunity

By Robin Bates | Published: January 18, 2024

In thinking he can act with total impunity, Trump echoes H.G. Wells’s Invisible Man.

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Authoritarians Long to Act with Impunity

By Robin Bates | Published: June 13, 2023

Authoritarians long to act with impunity. H.G. Wells captures this fantasy in “The Invisible Man.”

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GOP Has Perfected Invisibility

By Robin Bates | Published: June 3, 2021

If Trump’s GOP is not held accountable for January 6, it will be Wells’s “Invisible Man” redux.

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