EssayThursday 18 June 2020
The Struggle is Topic
There is no dearth of ideas, but each was pondered and rejected in turn as the research involved exceeds the allotted time for this daily challenge.
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History
On history read for what it still has to say about power, judgement, and institutions.
EssayMonday 15 June 2020
Peasants' Revolt
Much the same could be said for the current protests. Eventually the people will leave the streets and things will largely go back to how they were.
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EssayThursday 11 June 2020
Damnatio Memoriae
Memory is more than the activity of an individual. It is an object, in so much as a statue or inscription reminds passers by of a person or event.
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EssayWednesday 10 June 2020
Media Archipelago
Pushing back on unorthodox views has given rise to 'wrongspeak,' 'the things we believe to be true but cannot say,' creating a Media Archipelago.
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EssayTuesday 9 June 2020
The Better Part of Valour
Obama made sure to bring together the past with the present. Memory stalking the impatiently advancing future. Into the party marched the honour ghosts, the generation of the revolution. A
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EssaySunday 7 June 2020
Modern Pocket Boroughs
Yet for all the antics, there was a certain honesty about such naked corruption. Votes were sold and it was clear who was buying them.
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EssaySaturday 23 May 2020
Airbrushing Memory
With digital services often serving as our memory, to remove content from personal drives is to airbrush our memory.
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EssaySunday 19 February 2017
Leadership: A Human Encounter
In the postmodern age, we are surrounded by more heroes than in a Homeric epic, with football players, life guards and even movie stars being thrown into the mix.
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