Tag Archives: January 6

DJT and Hegseth, Utopians of Violence

By Robin Bates | Published: June 24, 2026

Think of DJT and Hegseth as (to cite Timothy Snyder) “utopians of violence.” Cormac McCarthy explores the phenomenon in “Blood Meridian.”

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy, Donald Trump, Gunfighter Nation, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove, Regeneration through Violence, Richard Slotkin, stochastic terrorism, utopia of violence, violence | Comments closed

Playing Whack-a-Mole with Jan. 6

By Robin Bates | Published: January 5, 2025

The GOP plays moral whack-a-mole (Kate Atkinson’s metaphor) with Jan. 6. Soon they may claim, like the government in “100 Years of Solitude,” that it never happened.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Ambrose Bierce, Beowulf, Big Sky, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kate Atkinson, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Oscar Wilde | Comments closed

America’s Political Violence Problem

By Robin Bates | Published: September 27, 2023

Some see Trump as a “stochastic terrorism,” inciting others to violence. Cormac McCarthy may understand as well as anyone what’s going on.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy, Donald Trump, Gunfighter Nation, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove, Regeneration through Violence, Richard Slotkin, stochastic terrorism, violence | Comments closed

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