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...through such current luminaries as John Glenn, William Bratton and Wendy's founder Dave Thomas. Freemasonry probably began formally in the 1600s as an English gentleman's club, but by 1717 had evolved into an engine of the European Enlightenment. Its members were committed to egalitarianism, civic participation and other ideals expressed through tropes of the stoneworkers trade: the square for straightforward virtue; the compass to circumscribe one's passions; the plumb line to stay upright. There was little religion but much ritual, which enraged churchmen and engaged conspiracy theorists, who still flood the Web with Masonic villainies...
These changes can't occur in a vacuum; public debate and scrutiny of the effects of technology are sorely missing in our rah-rah culture. It's not merely possible to question the Information Age without throwing the proverbial loom in the river--it's one of the civic responsibilities we bear in a sometimes brave, sometimes frightening, new world...
...believe, however, that it is important to remember that marathons like the Bolder Boulder take place within the context of a biased American society. This means that marathons is not just about commending the best runners. Marathons are, more importantly, about encouraging community physical fitness, stimulating civic pride and enhancing the self-esteem of all contestants. These more important goals make it vital that all groups in society believe the race is conducted with great attention to fairness and equity...
Rice also described initiatives to help promote civic responsibility in Africa, such as investment in education and technology...
...decided to take the leap for public office because of what I was seeing in the volunteer and civic work I was involved in," Barrios says, pointing to his experiences teaching in public schools and his housing law background as qualifications...