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Formation of Social Capital as a Civic Duty (opens the original)
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On August 21-22, the American Academy of Civic Republicanism at the University of West Florida hosted a symposium titled “America at 250: Civic Republicanism, Economic Freedom, and Dynamic Citizenship” in Pensacola. The event was co-hosted by Florida International University’s Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom. Its purpose in part was to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcd
A Happy Ending? (opens the original)
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It has taken me longer than I thought to work my way through a series of posts on Uncle Tom’s Cabin, but better late than never, as they say.The final chapters of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel will not surprise readers familiar with Romantic literature, broadly speaking. Multiple plot lines get tied up neatly with the sudden appearance of a new character or two as well as the revealing of heretofore undisclosed connections between other characters. Uncle Tom himself dies a martyr’s death, transc
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