Monday One of the paradoxes of today’s GOP is that, at the same time they complain that Democrats represent a threat to their freedom, they want to hand over all power to their authoritarian cult leader. Donald Trump, it so happens, is not interested in anyone’s freedom but his own. This is one of the […]
Tag Archives: Paradise Lost
Trump’s Satanic Power Grab
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Gods Speaks through the Imagination
Jesus’s parables are exercises in imagining the kingdom of heaven come to earth.
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Trump Beats Adam in Blame Shifting
Trump’s multiple excuses for the stolen government documents resembles Adam’s excuses in “Paradise Lost”–only Trump has Adam beat.
Liz Cheney as a Miltonic Good Angel
Liz Cheney on the committee investigating January 6 and Donald Trump is like Milton’s Abdiel standing up to Satan.
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Angels in Pullman’s Fantasy
In “His Dark Materials” Pullman turns Milton’s “Paradise Lost” on its head. The fallen angels are the good guys.
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Iago Resentment Is Destroying America
The “ressentiment” that drives Iago to destroy Othello is present in our own society and equally destructive.
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Milton Explains QAnon Fantasizing
Milton’s Satan whispering into Eve’s ear as she sleeps is a lot like QAnon and Fox News whispering into the ears of gullible followers.
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Putin, Like Satan, Assaults Humankind
Putin invading Ukraine is very much like Satan’s attack on Adam and Eve in Milton’s “Paradise Lost.”
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