Tag Archives: Trumpism

Imagine the Fall from Eve’s Perspective

By Robin Bates | Published: April 15, 2025

A Danielle Coffyn poem, posted in response to Republican’s patriarchal efforts to discourage women from voting (the SAVE act).

By Robin Bates | Published: April 2, 2025

Rich’s “At Times Like These” anticipates the disappearances we are witnessing and suggest that poetry can function as a political ally.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 20, 2025

Wendell Berry’s insight into the nature of hate recalls Satan’s soliloquy in “Paradise Lost.” It also helps explain Trumpist resentment.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 12, 2025

Emerson’s “A Nation’s Strength” is must reading in this time of trial.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 9, 2025

“England in 1819,” written to protest George III and the Peterloo Massacre, sounds all too relevant today.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 5, 2025

Beowulf’s advice for battling dragon depression: don’t go it alone, which itself is a dragon trait.

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By Robin Bates | Published: March 5, 2025

Heinrich Böll’s “Christmas Not Just Once a Year” captures the yearning to return to the past that animates many Trump supporters.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 15, 2024

As I watch Democrats surrendering to Trump in advance, I am as appalled as Mr. Pickwick is when he watches his lawyer praise opposing counsel.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 12, 2024

Penelope’s suitors are like Trump and his supporters, looting the household and then calling other people lazy grifters asking for handouts.