Tag Archives: Joe Biden

Shots That Signal a Promising Future

I’ve just had my second Covid shot, which has me thinking of Alexander Hamilton’s shot in Miranda’s musical. Pip’s cautious optimism about the future also comes to mind.

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Song of Hope: The Night Cloud Is Hueing

With the passage of the Covid relief bill and increased vaccinations, Hardy’s “Song for Hope” seems appropriate.

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Stronger in the Broken Places

Joe Biden picked the perfect Hemingway quote for his Covid address to the nation.

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Hugo on a Nation Catching Its Breath

In “Les Miserables,” Hugo says France needed a period of quiet following the rambunctious Napoleonic years. Sounds familiar.

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Move Past Trump, Embrace the Morning

Life after Trump could be like emerging from an abusive relationship. Emily Bronte concludes “Wuthering Heights” with a useful image.

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When Hate Groups Devour Their Own

Conspiratorial hate is feeding on itself. Toni Morrison and Joyce Carol Oates both describe the process.

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Yeats, Not Heaney, for Dark Times

For social and political barometers, try Heaney for optimism, Yeats for pessimism.

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Lit for Understanding the Biden Voter

To understand “the Joe Biden” voter, start with August Wilson’s “Fences.”

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If Jesus Were to Return

I suspect that certain Christians would vote for Trump over Jesus if the latter were to return. That’s the point made by this Scott Bates poem.

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