Sublime

The transformations of the 1970s broke up the old party alignment and with it the two relatively stable narratives of getting ahead and the fair shake. In their place four rival narratives have emerged, four accounts of America’s moral identity. They have roots in history, but they are shaped by new social arrangements, new ways of living. They ref

Apparently Perry recognized what many people in Los Angeles would learn in the years to come: the value of a man possessed.

Hobson’s choice.

an organization that has been uniquely effective in rendering human effort productive.

the mission of converting the world while putting the great human aspiration to freedom on a firmer spiritual and moral foundation.

The shining city on a hill was supposed to replace remote big government with a community of energetic and compassionate citizens, all engaged in a project of national renewal. But nothing held the city together. It was hollow at the center, a collection of individuals all wanting more. Free America measured civic health by gross domestic product.

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