Word: legacyism
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It's not over yet for Ahern. He still has to appear before the investigating tribunal to answer more questions about what he admits were "unusual" financial arrangements. But, provided he gets through that, his legacy as a transformational leader is secure. Nor should anyone assume he's finished on...
But the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, his first completed building in the U.S., is very different. At first approach it's all bunkerish midnight-blue steel, a cube-and-canister form answering to the legacy of the old mills and silos that once occupied - some still do - the industrial stretch...
If their current trajectory puts expectations for R.E.M.'s 14th album, Accelerate, out April 1, at sneaker level, it's worth noting the band faced up to a few hard truths before getting into the studio last year. Given their ages (all three are nearing 50), the steep decline in...
But blacks have not been innocent in the posthumous manipulations of King's legacy. If many whites have undercut King by praising him to death, many blacks have hollowed his individuality through worship. The black reflex to protect King's reputation from unprincipled attack is understandable. But the wish to...
Both extremes of white and black culture must be avoided. Many whites want him clawless; many blacks want him flawless. But we must keep him fully human, warts and all. In the end, King used the inevitability of a premature death to argue for social change and measure our commitment...