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When long-time liberal activist and author Paul Rogat Loeb faced an audience of the Cambridge Forum at First Parish Church Monday night, its meagerness appeared to confirm one of his primary concerns: When citizens feel politically powerless, apathy is tempting...
...Paul Rogat Loeb will speak on his citizen’s guide to keeping hope alive in a time of fear as part of the Cambridge Forum. The book includes contributions from Maya Angelou, Tony Kushner, Pablo Neruda, Henri Nouwen, Marge Piercy and Desmond Tutu. Free. 7:30 p.m. First Parish Church, 3 Church Street...
...workers' wages stagnated. Between 1979 and 1995, some 43 million jobs were lost through corporate downsizing. Newly created jobs paid less and offered fewer benefits. Sharp cutbacks in federal grants since 1981 mean that 1 of 3 students works and attends school at the same time. Says Paul Rogat Loeb, author of Generation at the Crossroads, a study of college students: "The issue today is finding a job--in a fragmented workplace--that will allow them to avoid being crushed by their loan payment...
...rogatus, ut fabellam narraret, "Fabella digna, quam narrem," Doctor A. respondet, "mihi non est; mihi autem somnium proxima nocte mirum fuit, quod, amici mei, si vobis placcat, libenter narrabo. Me mortuum esse et ad Paradisum iter contendisse somniavi. Petro Sancto invento, ut intrarem, ab ipso petii. 'Quis es?' rogat Petrus. 'Doctor A., Bostonianus,' respondeo. 'Doctor A., Bostonianus? vehementer doleo, amice, quod non intres, sed mehercle! ut medicus in Paradisum intret, fieri non potest.' Ab imo pectore suspirans, 'Et ego, Petre Sancte, vehementer, vehementissime quidem doleo,' oculis respondeo lacrimantibus, 'iter longissimum confeci, defessissimus sum, quoeam nescio. Nihilo secius portas reclude...
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