Tag Archives: Joe Biden

Joe Biden as a Tom Robbins Character

By Robin Bates | Published: June 4, 2023

Think Biden is too old? See what Tom Robbins in “Jitterbug Perfume” says about such complaints.

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Heaney and the Good Friday Agreement

By Robin Bates | Published: April 12, 2023

Looking back at Northern Ireland’ Good Friday agreement, Clinton has cited a Seamus Heaney poem. There’s good reason for this.

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A Bridge Poem for Infrastructure Week

By Robin Bates | Published: November 15, 2021

An early 20th century bridge poem by popular Tennessee poet Will Allen Dromgoole is hokey but captures the spirit of Biden’s new infrastructure bill.

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Biden as Dryden’s Ideal Leader

By Robin Bates | Published: September 13, 2021

Biden’s suspense wearing thin on vaccine resistance reminds me of King David in Dryden’s “Absalom and Architophel.”

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Frozen in the Ice of Indifference

By Robin Bates | Published: August 23, 2021

The difference between politicians who care and those who don’t is the difference between Dante’s Purgatory and Inferno.

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The Afghan Debacle, a Greek Tragedy

By Robin Bates | Published: August 19, 2021

There’s an element of Greek tragedy in the withdrawal from Afghanistan, starting with arrogance and ending with fate.

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Putin Quoting Tolstoy? Puleeze!

By Robin Bates | Published: June 21, 2021

Putin claimed to quote Tolstoy but didn’t in his meeting with Biden. What he says is reminiscent of Flannery O’Connor’s Misfit, however.

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The GOP’s Trojan Horse: A Coup Attempt?

By Robin Bates | Published: June 1, 2021

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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Can Trumpists See the Real Biden?

By Robin Bates | Published: May 26, 2021

Can one see one’s savior as a monster? The issue shows up in Hugo’s “Les Misérables” and among Republicans who demonize Biden.

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