Tag Archives: Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Trump’s Debate and Swift’s City Shower

By Robin Bates | Published: June 30, 2024

Trump’s torrent of lies in Thursday’s debate brings to mind Swift’s poem “Description of a City Shower.”

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In a Dante-esque Prison of His Own Making

By Robin Bates | Published: April 18, 2024

Trump’s suffering the the Manhattan courtroom is his own version of Dante’s Inferno.

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To Fight Authoritarianism, Think Sisyphus

By Robin Bates | Published: July 18, 2023

How to fight against authoritarianism? This of yourself as Camus’s Sisyphus.

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Authoritarians Long to Act with Impunity

By Robin Bates | Published: June 13, 2023

Authoritarians long to act with impunity. H.G. Wells captures this fantasy in “The Invisible Man.”

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All Authoritarians Are Like Richard III

By Robin Bates | Published: May 18, 2022

Shakespeare gives us a brilliant depiction of the authoritarian mindset in “Richard III.” Think Trump and Putin.

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