The GOP has embraced toxic masculinity. “Harry Potter” shows it will come back to burn them.
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Live and Die by Toxic Masculinity
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GOP Tax Plan and the Invisible Man
If the GOP tax plan panders to the wealthiest Americans, maybe it’s because they are like H.G. Wells’s Invisible Man and believe they can act with impunity.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Donald Trump, GOP Tax Bill, H. G. Wells, Invisible Man, Mitch McConnell, Plato, Republic Comments closed
Putin as Murakami’s Boris the Manskinner
Murakami’s Boris the Manskinner has an unsettling resemblance to Vladimir Putin and wannabe authoritarian Donald Trump. Without strong beliefs, one cannot stand up to him.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Donald Trump, Haruki Murakami, Magnitsky Act, Mitch McConnell, politics, Russia sanctions, Vladimir, Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Comments closed
GOP Releases Catch-22 on Gun Control
To avoid doing anything about the bump stock that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock used, the GOP has invoked Catch-22.
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Maybe Ryan Sees Trump as John Galt
If Paul Ryan refuses to stand up to Donald Trump, it may be because he worships him as a John Galt figure.
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Democrats Have Dickens, GOP Ayn Rand
We see the hand of Ayn Rand in Trump’s proposed budget cuts. Charles Dickens would understand what’s going on.
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Trollope & Trump’s Congressional Enablers
By continuing their support for Donald Trump, GOP leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan are choosing their party and their careers over country. In doing so, they resemble Anthony Trollope’s Sir Timothy Beeswax, Conservative leader in the Palliser novels..
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Speaker Paul Ryan in Literature
I’ve written a lot about Paul Ryan and his aspiration to be a John Galt figure. Now that he is Speaker of the House, I review other literary parallels I’ve drawn over the years.
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Ryan as John Galt–Elect Him or He Shrugs
Paul Ryan sees himself as Ayn Rand’s John Galt as he puts forth the conditions on which he will accept the Speakership of the House. The problem is that he is dealing with people who also see themselves as John Galt.
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