Tag Archives: Mitt Romney

A GOP Senator as Doctor Faustus

By Robin Bates | Published: September 17, 2023

Mitt Romney has accused Sen. J.D. Vance for selling himself “so cheap.” Think of the “Hillbilly Elegy” author as Faustus.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 29, 2013

Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” has an urgent message for us in today’s political battles.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 19, 2012

With a little imagination, “Moby Dick” can be dramatized as a story about race relations.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 16, 2012

Narrative has become more important than ever in political campaigns.

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By Robin Bates | Published: November 7, 2012

Lit to caution election night winners and bolster election night losers.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 5, 2012

“Beowulf” teaches us that rewarding extremism encourages rather than moderates it. The GOP should not therefore be rewarded with the presidency.

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By Robin Bates | Published: November 3, 2012

Political campaigns have come to be seen as competing narratives, providing those who understand fiction with special insight.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 2, 2012

In his evasiveness and malleability, Romney resembles the Greek sea god Proteus.

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By Robin Bates | Published: October 29, 2012

Mitt Romney would find a kindred soul in Joseph Heller’s cynical entrepreneur Milo Minderbinder.