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...find the concept of true and genuine democracy in the history textbooks with which we grew up. (If we remember anything from those red, white and hefty tomes it should be the ubiquitous image of the bald eagle on the front cover. It may be the only one you'll ever see.) No, true and genuine democracy has little to do with checks, balances, bicameralism or even Election Day. Instead, such democracy is grounded in the equitable distribution of power and material resources across the entire socio-economic spectrum...
...Rights are a moral concept," Keyes explains in an interview. "The moral life is not solely a Christian thing, though it is totally in harmony with Christian beliefs...
...saying 'O.K., this is working really well' or 'If you move your arms down to the side, you'll look more open and the kids will want to approach you.'" Luebbe listened to Robinson's account of her ordeal and, referring to little colored bars used to convey the concept of fractions, said, "Manipulatives. You have to use manipulatives so they can do hands-on work to understand what you're teaching...
...people to volunteer was a central assumption to the application of Communism. One might think, then, that community service would be intrinsic to a society indoctrinated with these ideas for almost half of a century. Paradoxically, though, the Romanian society is averse and sarcastic to anything that involves the concept of volunteering...
Only 50 years after the nation's founding, the concept of Arcadia was passing. "The fear of decline started to nag at the edges of the American consciousness," Hughes notes. The show ends by focusing on one of the artists who memorably reflected that fear, Thomas Cole. He created a five-painting cycle called The Course of Empire, which stood as a warning that America--so new, so strong and shiny--could nevertheless be swept away in one cataclysmic moment...