Tag Archives: Pete Buttigieg

Buttigieg, Straight Out of “Our Town”

By Robin Bates | Published: September 19, 2019

Pete Buttigieg seems straight out of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” according to Washington Post’s drama critic.

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Will Odysseus Shape 2020 Election?

By Robin Bates | Published: April 14, 2019

Monday I won’t take credit for this but Washington Post’s Molly Roberts recently penned a very Better-Living-with Beowulf type column where she contrasted two Democratic presidential candidates by examining which version of the Odysseus/Ulysses story they prefer. Her piece gives me an excuse to apply other versions of the story to various 2020 contenders. Roberts […]

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Pete Buttigieg on the Liffey

By Robin Bates | Published: March 21, 2019

Friday If any of the Democratic presidential candidates want space on this blog before the first debate in June (I hear them clamoring now), they must mention literature. I wrote about Sherrod Brown when I discovered his love for Tolstoy (although he ultimately chose not to run), and now Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg gets a […]

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