Tag Archives: Obamacare

RIP, GOP Insurance Plan

By Robin Bates | Published: March 18, 2017

Rachel Kranz composed the following piece of doggerel in honor of the GOP Insurance Plan to Obamacare, “a.k.a.: RIP.”

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The Work of the World Is Common as Mud

By Robin Bates | Published: March 14, 2017

Marge Piercy’s poem “To Be of Use” essentially shows why Barack Obama’s legacy is likely to survive GOP repeal efforts. The difference is work that comes from a deep place as opposed to shallowly grounded executive orders.

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Immigrants Face a Sophie’s Choice

By Robin Bates | Published: March 8, 2017

Republicans have recently been outdoing themselves in cruelty, both regarding immigration and health care. William Styron and William Blake weigh in.

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Our Version of Plague Maddened Villagers

By Robin Bates | Published: February 7, 2017

Donald Trump’s attacks on the Affordable Care Act and on immigrants could well end up hurting many of his supporters. A similar irony is described in Geraldine Brooks’s “Year of Wonders,” where 17th century villagers, maddened by the plague, kill two midwives.

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Textualist Judges Out of Control

By Robin Bates | Published: July 24, 2014

Textualist judges committed the same mistake as formalists in ruling against federal subsidies for citizens who signed up for Obamacare in the federal exchanges.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Andrew Marvell, formalism, Hamlet, textualism, To His Coy Mistress, William Shakespeare | Comments closed