If Trump’s GOP is not held accountable for January 6, it will be Wells’s “Invisible Man” redux.
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The GOP’s Trojan Horse: A Coup Attempt?
The Trojans, thinking the Greeks have left, let their guard down. Are Democrats being overly complacent about the prospect of a GOP coup?
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On Soothing Riotous Mobs
“Aeneid” has a passage that brings the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to mind. And shows how a great leader would have handled it.
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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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Hawthorne Understood Mobs
Hawthorne writes about the kind of mob that invaded the U.S. Capitol in “My Kinsman, Major Molineux.”
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