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On The American Dream and Amber Waves of Great
The American Dream has great power. Merriam-Webster defines it as “an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity”; but this is incomplete. The American Dream is also bound up in those four words, “the pursuit of happiness,” an “unalienable right” guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson and Franklin elided our right [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2010 under Declaration of Independence, Gay, Research, advertisement, agency, american dream, americans, gay marriage, human rights, humor, objectification, revolution, society, sociology.
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Speak To Me: David Brooks' Speech to the Delegates
My fellow Americans, it is an honor to address the Democratic National Convention at this defining moment in history. We stand at a crossroads at a pivot point, near a fork in the road on the edge of a precipice in the midst of the most consequential election since last year’s “American Idol.” One path [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2008 under America, American, God, John McCain, M&Ms, Senator, acropolis, american dream, american idol, americans, anteater, ants, barack, biden, boulder, bushmccain, candidate, candidates, coca-cola, coke, coke zero, colony of ants, colorado, crocs, democracy, democrat, democratic, democratic national convention, denver, dnc, election, elizabeth edwards, god bless america, hillary, hillary clinton, human race, joe biden, john edwards, michelle obama, middle class, natural gas, obama, party, patton's army, political, politician, politicians, politics, presidency, president, president bush, presidential, presidential candidate, presidential debate, republican, starbuck's coffee, taxi, wolf blitzer.
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Take Some Theory and Call Me in the Morning: Obama vs. Foucault
There’s something fishy going on. Tonight, at dinner, through a mouthful of fried fish, my host brother Julio Cesar said that he was surprised that a Black man had gotten so far in elections in the United States. Julio tried to throw it off casually, but the remark perfectly captures what I think is one [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under Foucault, american dream, american history, obama, power, power structure, repression, the man, theory.
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