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Part V: Citizenship in Postwar America
This is the fifth essay in a series devoted to examining citizenship and the American citizen, the rights, duties, and norms of which have become ever more contentious since the divisive Sixties. They have become especially relevant in recent years … Continue reading
Part III: Citizenship in a Revolutionary State, 18th Century Revolutionary France
This is the third essay in a series devoted to examining citizenship and the American citizen, the rights, duties, and norms of which have become ever more contentious beginning in the divisive Sixties. They have become especially relevant in recent … Continue reading
Citizenship and the American Citizen, Part I: Ancient Greece
(Note: To skip the historical case studies and jump to the new American citizen in the 1960s, go to: https://zilianblog.com/2017/09/30/part-vi-citizenship-and-the-new-american-citizen-in-the-divisive-sixties/ ) As a human body is only as healthy as its individual cells, so a civilization or modern state is … Continue reading
Memorial Day: A Time to Honor and Remember
Healthy civilizations remember and honor those who have died serving them. These memorial occasions are also opportune times to reflect on the civilization’s creed—its fundamental values and beliefs. Almost 2450 years ago, Pericles, the great statesman of ancient Athens, did … Continue reading
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Tagged America, citizenship, civilization, Hasbrouck Heights, Memorial Day, Pericles, Pericles Funeral Oration
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Civility: An Essential of Civilization
(This essay was originally published as “Civilization is Dependent upon Civility,” February 11, 2017, in the Newport Daily News.) The growing incivility in American civilization has finally hit home for me. For the first time, someone posted a comment with … Continue reading
Civilization’s Essentials, Part I: Faith
Stunned I was when my daughter informed me that my twin grandsons had their first Junior Pee Wee (10-11 year olds) football game on Sunday, August 28, here in Portsmouth, RI. College football did not begin until the following weekend, … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, faith, family time, football, religion, Sunday morning
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