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Politics After the Apocalypse

November 11, 2012

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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Shelved with: Civic Life|| Community & Time|| History|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Barack Obama, Politics
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100 Days Citizen Test

April 29, 2009

On President Obama’s hundredth day: five questions for citizens.

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Shelved with: Mind & Society
Tagged With: Barack Obama, Citizenship, Dialog, Politics, Richard Harwood
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Exhilaration, Exhaustion, Tennyson

November 21, 2008

“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

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Shelved with: Civic Life|| Community & Time|| Mind & Society
Tagged With: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Barack Obama, Camelot, Change, Democracy, John McCain, King Arthur, Politics, Sacrifice
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Wisdom versus Winning

November 3, 2008

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.

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Shelved with: Mind & Society
Tagged With: Barack Obama, Community, Debate, John McCain, Political Friendship, Politics, Wisdom
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Another Halloween

October 31, 2008

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).

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Shelved with: The Reading Life
Tagged With: Barack Obama, David Bordwell, Fear, Halloween, Holidays, John McCain, Politics, Stories, Zombies
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Dashed Hopes (or, Nonsense in Nashville)

October 8, 2008

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?”

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Shelved with: Margin Notes|| Mind & Society
Tagged With: Barack Obama, Debate, Fact Checking, John McCain, Nashville, Politics, Presidents, Richard Harwood
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