Will Trump escape all accountability? Literature weighs in.
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Will Trump Pay? Literature Is Unsure
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Eyes Wide Shut to the Obvious
A Stanley Elkin short story describes what we are seeing in Trump’s Senate trial: Republicans refusing to acknowledge what they know actually happened.
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In the Face of Trump, Be Aeneas Strong
Virgil’s “Aeneid” gives us images of a strong man standing up to enflamed passions. We need people to step up in the current impeachment debates.
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GOP’s Best Case: We’re All Mad
Two literary allusions by a Trump defender in yesterday’s impeachment hearings don’t bode well for the president.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alice in Wonderland, Donald Trump, Jonathan Turley, Lewis Carroll, Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt Comments closed
Jordan: Mac the Knife without the Charm
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan has all the effrontery of John Gay’s Mac the Knife, although none of the charm.
