Cicero, the Fall of Rome, and American Democracy
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An analysis of political lessons from ancient Rome, applied to American democracy in the twenty-first century.
An analysis of political lessons from ancient Rome, applied to American democracy in the twenty-first century.
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“Before going into unfamiliar arid country,” the late Jim Corbett wrote, “study maps that show the location of water.”
When my husband and I moved to the Bay Area during the dot-com boom, we didn’t know a soul. We needed to get involved with a community and get to know people. After checking out the Buddhists and the Unitarians – even though we didn’t come from a faith tradition in DC – we decided to visit the Quaker Meetinghouse in San Francisco.
Dear Editor: Thank you for this latest issue of Western Friend, “On Rules.” I’m only half-way through, but I’ve appreciated every article. Eleanor Dart and David Tucker gave good viewpoints on their topics. And then I got to Valerie Ireland and Lori Patterson, and I was truly moved to tears, which is really unusual for me.
Part faux Republican presidential campaign, part art project, with its candidate drawn from Greek mythology, Cassandra 2020 resists categorization. It has taken the form of community conversations, performance protest, video art, and guerilla sign-drops. It has been supported by a constant flux of contributors and co-creators, many of whom are also Quaker.
Originally published on Reserchgate.net, this article examines in depth the "Conclusion" chapter of the 2001 book Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements by the late
As part of her Senior Project last spring, my granddaughter Bailey asked me to tell her my reasons for working on behalf of immigrants, migrants, and refugees. My reasons are probably similar to those of many other Friends.
