Forest River Journal: Inauguration

Showing posts with label Inauguration. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Inauguration. Show all posts

Thursday, January 22, 2009

United We Stand

He told the people
Common purpose and courage
-we would overcome.

Copyright 2009

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Dare To Believe

Looking out to crowds,
To a nation needing hope
-he said, Yes, we can.

Copyright 2009

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Recommended Books for Liberals during the 2016 Election and Beyond

The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman (Just Out!)
Moral Politics by George Lakoff
Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
The Upside Down World: A Primer for the looking Glass World by Eduardo Galeano
Hegomony and Survival by Noam Chomsky
What's the Matter with Kansas by Thomas Frank
Listen Liberal by Thomas Frank
Democracy, Equality, and Justice by John E. Hill
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
The People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand
Homage to Catalonia By George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
1984 by George Orwell
Up From Liberalism by William F. Buckley
The Conservative Reader edited by Russell Kirk (out of print, but possibly available at your Library)
Socrates Cafe by Christopher Phillips
Six Questions of Socrates by Christopher Phillips
Autobiography of Ghandi
The Bible (Yes-the whole thing!)
U.S. Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Bill of Rights
The Federalist Papers by Jay, Madison, and Hamilton
The Republic by Plato
The Prince by Machiavelli