Word: legacyism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Your historical perspective on the differences between the Sunnis and the Shi'ites was quite enlightening. These groups have a great deal of historical baggage to unload if they are to find peace instead of an unending civil war. But you destroyed a perfectly clear historical perspective by claiming that...
This mixture of fear, disdain, and incomprehension might be a legacy of recent (until 2006) electoral defeats, but—in defiance of popular myths —Americans aren’t eager to impose religion via the ballot box. Most voters say that religion seldom or never influences...
Well, not so fast. Turns out Peters never really did run the company, although he was its chairman and the owner of some of its well-known programs like Wow! Projects and Brand You. The story of the company's postdivorce ascent reflects its struggle with and ambivalence over the...
Though the days have passed when black people were legally considered three-fifths of a person, prejudice is far from absent in contemporary society. Though black people may not be enslaved or living under the suffocating pressure of Jim Crow, we are still gasping for air under the weight of...
And what is that mantle, exactly? It starts, presumably, with militant opposition to taxes. But Reagan passed the largest tax hike in California history, and then as President, raised taxes three times. Fervent opposition to abortion is another must. But as governor, Reagan was pro-choice. And although pro-life...