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THE WANING OF OUR LIFE AND SOUL (opens the original)
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The death of Gloria Steinem marks the end of an era. She did more than virtually any contemporary to transform the status of women. To refer to the change she helped effectuate as “radical” is insufficient, though it was literally radical in that it enabled recognition of the fundamental humanity of women. But feminism’s second wave, of which Steinem was a leading exemplar, ushered in not only women’s equality and opened doors of opportunity for half the population; it transformed society overal
MY PERSONAL ODYSSEY (opens the original)
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I must admit, I have been caught up in The Odyssey mania. But I am not the only one. It seems that the New York Times can’t get enough of it, with at least a dozen articles about the film, some written by their senior opinion writers. This interest is not a bad thing. At least it has brought people back to the movies.Watching movies unfold on the big screen is my favorite form of escape, and given what is happening to our country, The Odyssey I have found, is a good way to temporarily get away f
SOME THOUGHTS ON DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM (opens the original)
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In December, 1971, I boarded a van with seven others and traveled 1,000 miles from New York to Davenport, Iowa. I was responding to the call to help found a new left-wing organization that would fill a gap after SDS imploded in a culture of extremism and violence. There was a sense that the air was clearing and there was a need for a more democratic progressive New Left organization. The organization assumed the moniker of the New American Movement, or NAM.NAM’s organizing meeting was convened b
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (opens the original)
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The two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United States has again elevated the Declaration of Independence to the forefront of public awareness: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”These immortal words grip the mind and inspire the imagination. They have also served as a revolutionary rallying cry for
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