If all the libraries in the world were destroyed and you could save only two books of political theory, which would they be?
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November 11, 2012 By CircleReader
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Civic Life, Community & Time, History, The Reading Life Tagged
Barack Obama, Politics
Civic Life, Community & Time, History, The Reading Life Tagged
Barack Obama, Politics
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100 Days Citizen Test
On President Obama’s hundredth day: five questions for citizens.
April 29, 2009 By circlereader
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Barack Obama, Citizenship, Dialog, Politics, Richard Harwood
Mind & Society Tagged
Barack Obama, Citizenship, Dialog, Politics, Richard Harwood
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Exhilaration, Exhaustion, Tennyson
“The old order changeth, yielding place to new,
And God fulfils Himself in many ways,
Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.”
– Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Passing of Arthur
November 21, 2008 By circlereader
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Alfred Lord Tennyson, Barack Obama, Camelot, Change, Democracy, John McCain, King Arthur, Politics, Sacrifice
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Alfred Lord Tennyson, Barack Obama, Camelot, Change, Democracy, John McCain, King Arthur, Politics, Sacrifice
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Wisdom versus Winning
After all this, is your world not larger than it was before? Show me you both are looking for wisdom and understanding, rather than victory.
November 3, 2008 By circlereader
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Barack Obama, Community, Debate, John McCain, Political Friendship, Politics, Wisdom
Mind & Society Tagged
Barack Obama, Community, Debate, John McCain, Political Friendship, Politics, Wisdom
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Another Halloween
It’s that time of year again, when our culture takes a holiday originating in fall harvest and the passing of generations, and turns it into a celebration of imagination, childhood, community, misrule, aggression, terror, & trauma (as well as another opportunity for a capitalist binge).
October 31, 2008 By circlereader
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Barack Obama, David Bordwell, Fear, Halloween, Holidays, John McCain, Politics, Stories, Zombies
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Barack Obama, David Bordwell, Fear, Halloween, Holidays, John McCain, Politics, Stories, Zombies
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Dashed Hopes (or, Nonsense in Nashville)
Richard Harwood: “When this campaign started, many people, including myself, thought it was a golden opportunity for a real debate between competing visions for the nation’s future. Remember that?”
October 8, 2008 By circlereader
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Margin Notes, Mind & Society Tagged
Barack Obama, Debate, Fact Checking, John McCain, Nashville, Politics, Presidents, Richard Harwood
Margin Notes, Mind & Society Tagged
Barack Obama, Debate, Fact Checking, John McCain, Nashville, Politics, Presidents, Richard Harwood
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The Woman, the Problem, the Dream…and the Hope?
Some of our struggles: from Sojurner Truth, who asks, “Ain’t I a Woman?” From W.E.B. Du Bois, who asks, “How does it feel to be a Problem?” From Martin Luther King, Jr., who asks, “Can we bank on this dream?” And from Barack Obama, who claims that, “Yes, we can.”
September 2, 2008 By circlereader
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Alice Walker, America, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Community, Drew Hansen, Gender, Jr., Juan Galis-Menendez, Martin Luther King, Race, Rhetoric, Sojurner Truth, W.E.B. Du Bois, Women
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Alice Walker, America, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Community, Drew Hansen, Gender, Jr., Juan Galis-Menendez, Martin Luther King, Race, Rhetoric, Sojurner Truth, W.E.B. Du Bois, Women
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Blog Day 2008–Reading, Learning, Hoping, Blogging, Being
Blog Day is a linkfest initiated by Nir Ofir in 2005, in the belief that bloggers should have one day which will be dedicated to discover new blogs and expose them to the world. We all have a small number of people and sources of information with which we interact of a regular basis, and that social and informational context is part of what shapes who we are in the world. Blog Day is a chance to expand those social and informational horizons by forging new links into new networks, bridging the divides between people and communities and enlarging our own experience.
The basic rules for Blog Day ask bloggers to post about five blogs that they would like to share with the world. I’ve decided to do a little more…
August 31, 2008 By circlereader
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22q11 Deletion Syndrome, Barack Obama, Bible, Blogging, Bob Dylan, Bookstores, Byron Borger, Community of Practice, DiGeorge Syndrome, Digital Literacy, Ian Stewart, Jon Boyd, Justin Tadlock, Lifelong Learning, Literacy, media ethics, Memes, Milton Gaither, Open-Books, Richard Harwood, Rick Warren, Shanta Rohse, social media, WordPress
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22q11 Deletion Syndrome, Barack Obama, Bible, Blogging, Bob Dylan, Bookstores, Byron Borger, Community of Practice, DiGeorge Syndrome, Digital Literacy, Ian Stewart, Jon Boyd, Justin Tadlock, Lifelong Learning, Literacy, media ethics, Memes, Milton Gaither, Open-Books, Richard Harwood, Rick Warren, Shanta Rohse, social media, WordPress
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On Manifestoes
So here are some manifestos of the present day on books, education, faith, and civic life. Though their weight for good or ill, for much or little, is as yet unknown, these are some of the words that will shepherd us into our shared future.
May 24, 2008 By circlereader
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Civic Life, Community & Time, Education, Hearts & Minds, Mind & Society, Reading the Word, The Reading Life Tagged
Aristotle, Barack Obama, Book Publishing, Civil Rights, Classics, Clay Shirkey, Danielle Allen, Democracy, Education, Faith, History, Homeschooling, John Taylor Gatto, Manifesto, Michael Pollan, Politics, Race, Ralph Ellison, Religion, Richard Harwood, Sara Lloyd, Writing
Civic Life, Community & Time, Education, Hearts & Minds, Mind & Society, Reading the Word, The Reading Life Tagged
Aristotle, Barack Obama, Book Publishing, Civil Rights, Classics, Clay Shirkey, Danielle Allen, Democracy, Education, Faith, History, Homeschooling, John Taylor Gatto, Manifesto, Michael Pollan, Politics, Race, Ralph Ellison, Religion, Richard Harwood, Sara Lloyd, Writing
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The Audacity of Strategy
I wonder if Barack has read Condi’s book?
February 18, 2008 By CircleReader
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Barack Obama, Condaleeza Rice, Democracy, History, Hope, Politics, Strategy
Margin Notes, The Reading Life Tagged
Barack Obama, Condaleeza Rice, Democracy, History, Hope, Politics, Strategy
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