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Almanac When I Damn Well Feel Like It-Ralph Waldo Emerson Reshaped the American Mind

patrickmurfin May 25, 2011 05:37

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poetry, fugitive slave act, ralph waldo emerson, concord, henry david thoreau, transcendentalism, unitarian, boston, harvard, mexican war

Today’s Almanac-August 9, 2010

patrickmurfin Aug 10, 2010 04:23

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transcendentalism, ralph waldo emerson, walden, concord, henry david thoreau, unitarianism

Today’s Almanac March 15, 2010-Part 1

patrickmurfin Mar 16, 2010 07:00

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sophia peabody, f. scott fitzgerald, ralph waldo emerson, henry david thoreau, nathaniel hawthorne, transcendentalists, henry wadsworth longfellow, boston

HOME GROWN LUNACY--How the NORTHWEST HERALD Abets a Social Panic

patrickmurfin Apr 25, 2007 12:15

My, my. Today does seem to be a day filled with outrages against common sense and decency in the hyper-paranoia of the aftermath of the VIRGINIA TECH shooting. Take, for instance this gem from our local paper the NORTHWEST HERALD:

“CARY - A Cary-Grove High School senior was arrested Tuesday on a disorderly conduct charge after his ( Read more... )

violence, vladimir putin, civil liberties, henry david thoreau