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Truth in ’24, a Pearl of Great Price

Biden called for truth telling in a recent speech, reminding me of Cowper’s “The Task.”

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GOP Politicians as Dickens Villains

Certain GOP pols are behaving like Dickens villains when it comes to the poor.

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Has Voldemort Cursed the GOP?

What is causing such instability when Republicans attempt to choose a Speaker? Harry Potter may have the answer.

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GOP Intellectuals Want a “Red Caesar”

Rightwing intellectuals are now advocating “Red Caesarism.” Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” provides some insights.

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MAGA “Justice” and the Queen of Hearts

“Sentence first, verdict afterwards,” say both MAGA Republicans and Lewis Carroll’s Queen of Hearts.

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Rumpelstiltskin, the GOP’s Dark Side

“Rumpelstiltskin,” cited by a judge turning down a Trump request, is only too applicable, both to Trump and to the GOP.

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As in 1984, Neo-Fascists Redefine Freedom

Many on the extreme right are defining “freedom” in ways that Orwell would recognize.

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Some in GOP Love Child Labor

Some in the GOP want to bring back child labor. Kingsolver, Dickens and Browning weigh in on the subject.

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Nikki Haley, Straight Out of 1984

Nikki Haley, who has just announced her presidential ambitions, resembles Tom Parsons in “1984”–which is to say, a soulless apparatchik.

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