Word: enlightenedness
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The Dems Convene In his piece "the audacity of hope," Joe Klein analyzed the impact of John Kerry's speech at the Democratic Convention [Aug. 9]. After I listened to Kerry talk, I got the impression that he is a man who is truly educated and enlightened. Very likely, he...
All things Yankee suddenly inflame the passions of Red Sox fans, even more so their phony hangers-on. According to even the most enlightened of these backers of perpetual losers, all supporters of New York’s American League squad are front runners who by definition must have supported...
I?m tempted to skip today?s teenagers and go for the toddlers: Generation Z. They?ve been raised on ?Sesame Street? songs - the pre-school equivalent of Broadway melodies, with some of the same wit and lilt. Maybe the very young can be brainwashed, make that enlightened, to appreciate...
In fact, these 18th century figures were extraordinary men, products of a peculiar moment in our history when the forces of aristocracy and democracy were nicely balanced. Although almost all of them were men of relatively modest origins, they were unabashed elitists who had a contempt for electioneering and popular...
Like the other revolutionaries, Jefferson was eager to prove himself by the latest, most enlightened values. His father Peter Jefferson was a wealthy Virginia planter and surveyor. But his father was not a refined and liberally educated gentleman. He did not read Latin, he did not know French, he did...