David Masciotra
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The Myth of the Establishment Democrat (opens the original)
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It is appropriate that Hollywood has become reliant on sequels and remakes. Americans love nostalgia, returning to the familiar. The current remake that is all the rage in political culture is the denunciation of the “establishment.” It appears even more widespread than during its original run in the 1960s. The only problem is this time it makes no sense. When young antiwar and anti-consumption activists of the hippie era shouted vitriol at the “establishment,” they were largely referring to the
Bryan Stevenson: “Ignorance Makes You Vulnerable” (opens the original)
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Winston Churchill offered a famous moral instruction: “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” It is plausible to argue that the lack of justice, the diminishment of ethics in politics, and the decline of civic virtue are also consequences of the failure of America’s leading institutions and, too often, leading figures to conduct themselves with courage. When I spoke on the phone with Bryan Stevenson, the attorney and foun
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