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We have to make changes at the largest and the most personal levels—in economic structures and in habits of thinking and acting. We have to create the conditions of equality and acquire the art of self-government. The two are inseparable, and doing each one makes the other possible. There are things working in our favor. We’ve been shocked to atten
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
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Jean Edward Smith • FDR
Eisenhower—who,
Jon Meacham • The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
Fierce Attachments.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
The freedoms that we cherish are meaningless without our commitments to one another:
Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
If the past is a guide, the most violent of the terrorists of the early decades of the new millennium will not be homeless paupers but displaced workers who formerly enjoyed middle-class incomes and status.
James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
With his father gone, he embraced the idea that “it was time to grow up.” He saw this as an opportunity rather than a burden.
David Von Drehle • The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
Inequality destroys the sense of shared citizenship, and with it self-government.