Tag Archives: Ronald Reagan

A Public Liberal Arts Education

By Robin Bates | Published: April 18, 2018

In which I assess what my students have gained from having attended a public liberal arts college.

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Good Readers Make Good Presidents

By Robin Bates | Published: November 9, 2016

Continuing with the favorite literature of our presidents, here is Eisenhower through Obama.

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Old Lit as a Transformational Experience

By Robin Bates | Published: February 20, 2015

The power of a “King Lear” passage is a refutation of Scott Walker’s attempt to redirect higher education to “work force needs.”

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Obama’s Locker Room Speech

By Robin Bates | Published: September 9, 2011

President Obama’s jobs speech last night resembled a coach’s half time speech to a team that feels on the ropes. The Al Pacino speech in Oliver Stone’s “Any Given Sunday” comes to mind.

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The Favorite Books of American Presidents

By Robin Bates | Published: June 10, 2009

I’ve had fun discussing the reading of Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas over the last couple of days, and while I’ve come up dry on further posts about the Supreme Court and literature, it has given me the idea of periodically dipping into reading stories of other political figures. I’ll start a list here, beginning […]

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