Tag Archives: Kamala Harris

The Late Tom Robbins on Jezebel

By Robin Bates | Published: February 20, 2025

Tom Robbins, who died last week, has a take on the Biblical figure of Jezebel that helps explain some of the hatred against Kamala Harris.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 1, 2025

On Election Night 2024, I turned to a subplot in Shakespeare’s “Tempest” to understand what was going on.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 3, 2024

The insights of “Beowulf” into grieving can provide Democrats guidance for dealing with Harris’s loss.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 7, 2024

Auden’s mourning poem “Stop All the Clocks” captures the mood of those who saw a fascist triumph in the American presidential election.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 6, 2024

It’s Prospero vs. Caliban in America, with Caliban having a very good chance of triumphing.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 4, 2024

Kamala Harris resembles Shakespeare’s Henry V in some important ways.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 26, 2024

Voting as a liberal in a red state can feel like Alice attempting to advance in a looking-glass world.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 25, 2024

America’s relationship with Trump has been toxic. Jane Eyre shows us how to exit such relationships and Kamala Harris follows suit.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 12, 2024

Trump and Vance’s jokes are designed to beat down, not include. They elicit Hobbesian laughter, not Shaftesburian.