Tag Archives: governmental shutdown

Tea Party Racism and Flannery O’Connor

By Robin Bates | Published: October 28, 2013

To understand Obama derangement and the government shutdown, Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Artificial Nigger” is a good place to start.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 16, 2013

Can the Tea Party move beyond fantasies and deal with the world as it really is? Shakespeare and Yeats weigh in.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 15, 2013

A witty bit of doggerel captures the twists and turns of the debt ceiling and government shutdown conflict.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 8, 2013

The GOP hostage takers resemble the Light Brigade, as well as the kidnappers in “Ransom of Red Chief,” “Fargo,” and “Ruthless People.”

By Robin Bates | Published: October 4, 2013

Tom Clancy helped create the narrative by which the Tea Party functions. Arthur Koestler may describe John Boehner’s inner state.