Tag Archives: MAGA

Normalizing Nooses and Swastikas

By Robin Bates | Published: November 23, 2025

The Coast Guard recently attempted to soften rules against swastikas and nooses before retreating. These lynching poems remind us what is at stake.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 22, 2025

Housman’s “Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff” provides useful advice for emotionally surviving Trumpism.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 13, 2025

Browning’s poem “Andrea del Sarto” is about an artist who settles for mediocrity over greatness–which is what the U.S is doing at the moment.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 5, 2025

Stephen King is the most banned author in America at the moment. It may be because he depicts America’s dark side so vividly.

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By Robin Bates | Published: September 22, 2025

To understand MAGA following the Kirk shooting, look to the maxims of La Rochefoucauld.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 24, 2025

Fascism experts are describing Trump’s politics as sadopopulism. The Marquis de Sade provides some insights into the dynamics at play.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 31, 2025

Shaw’s play “Don Juan in Hell” came to mind when I visited the du Pont museum, featuring their gunpowder business.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 13, 2025

Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People” helps us understand MAGA’s hatred of expertise.

By Robin Bates | Published: June 22, 2025

In this poem written when he was 80, Tennyson expresses disgust as we might today about Trumpism.