Lear and Trump are two narcissists who resort to bombastic threats when backed into a corner.
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Lear, Trump Rage Against Their Enemies
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Fine Distinctions in Trumpian Grift
Tuesday While the House committee investigating Donald Trump’s January 6 coup attempt has focused its sights on the ex-president, its report has also looked at minor actors, both those who stuck with the president and those who have peeled off. One of my favorite posts over the past two years has been one applying A.E. […]
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Mike Pence Kept the Sky Suspended
A.E. Housman has the proper poem for Mike Pence not giving way to Trump’s pressure on January 6.
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Mike Pence’s One Heroic Moment
I compare Mike Pence with Housman’s mercenaries, who performed their duties more nobly than anticipated.
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Christian Man Bitten by Horse
Mike Pence has claimed he was bitten by Triple Crown winner Pharaoh, bringing to mind Goldsmith’s “Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog.”
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Aeneas, Kavanaugh, and Female Fury
As American female anger keeps rising, esp. with regard to Brett Kavanaugh, it’s worth looking at the vivid depictions in Virgil’s “Aeneid.
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Mike Pence=Elmer Gantry + Uriah Heep
Columnist George Will calls Mike Pence a cross between Elmer Gantry and Uriah Heep. I see the two and raise to a Dante sycophant and Shakespeare’s Cassius.
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