Tag Archives: Jonathan Swift

Meditation upon a Broom (April Fool!)

By Robin Bates | Published: April 1, 2014

Swift’s “Meditation on a Broomstick” could well have been an April Fool’s joke.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 5, 2014

Reacting against a proposal to allow guns on Idaho campuses, an Idaho professor has come up with a modest proposal of his own.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 6, 2013

Jon Stewart may be one of our leading satirists, but satire comes up short in handling this country’s healthcare crisis.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 23, 2013

If you ever feel that humans are nothing more than Yahoos, Swift urges us to remember that there are good Samaritans amongst us.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 17, 2013

What would Jonathan Swift say to GOP radicals who seek to cut food stamps.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 10, 2013

Is there a danger that U.S. involvement in Syria will lead to a Gulliver-like disaster?

By Robin Bates | Published: April 9, 2013

As my father struggles to retain his memory, I think of Jonathan Swift.

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By Robin Bates | Published: April 1, 2013

Jonathan Swift Bickerstaff papers are the ultimate satiric attack on astrology.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 17, 2013

It takes a Joseph Heller or a Jonathan Swift to capture the craziness of the NRA.