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Can We Have A Future That Benefits from the Lessons of Our Past?
"The past is always infinitely stranger and more interesting than we imagine; paradoxically, most of it is consigned with stunning rapidity to…
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Please Bow Your Head, The Golden Age of American Exceptionalism Has Begun
“Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.” ―Edward Abbey
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How Do We Prepare for Tyranny and the Revolution?
"Truth must be assembled." -Heinrich Böll
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You Can Change Your Mind and the World
"We are living in exceptional, unique, extraordinary times, because it is the time for transformation and time for women." -Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
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Tale of The Green Donkey
"The fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing." -Marc Chagall
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Nourished by New York in November
"Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.” -Paul Theroux
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There's Revelation in Reinvention
"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." -Edward Everett Hale
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We're Broken, But We're Not Beyond Repair
"If you can't trust a librarian, who can you trust?" -Jeanine Cummins
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What Must We Do Differently to Achieve Better Results?
"Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens." -Howard Zinn
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Indifference Is Surrender And We Will Never Surrender
"We forward in this generation triumphantly. Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?" -Robert Nesta Marley
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First We Resist, Then We Dance
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” —Sinclair Lewis
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Deconstructing the Digital Self, A Work in Progress
"My daughter emails me. When your daughter starts to email you instead of talk to you... It's horrible. You cannot forget human communication." -Martha…
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