My latest story on Third Place Magazine, "Danger, Keep Out!", a wild ride through the woods, with gorgeous artwork by @laurabaran
Representative government. Separation of powers. Federalism. Rule of law. These principles capture the structure of democracy. What makes our democracy truly unique is not its formal setup but the spirit that drives it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his novel Julie or The New Heloise: “As long as we desire, we can do without happiness: we expect to achieve it.”
I.A. Richards, in his How to Read A Page, wrote: “What is a mistake for a view of reading which does not acknowledge Reason as its Ruler? What would wrong and right mean here if we held that something else than Reason decides what we shall see as being true?”
"A language is a fabric which holds itself together. It is a fabric which, for the most part brokenly and confusedly but sometimes with startling and heartbreaking clarity, reflects the fabric of universals which is our world." –I.A. Richards
Rebuttal to Professor Magder’s retort, by Edward Radzivilovskiy, Deputy Opinion Editor, Washington Square News
Interview with Carne Ross, an economist, former high-ranking British diplomat, and founder and director of Independent Diplomat, a non-profit diplomatic advisory group. Mr. Ross has been a fervent supporter of Occupy and has recently appeared on shows such as the Colbert Report to discuss his latest book called The Leaderless Revolution.
Some have said that the Occupy movement does not have a cohesive message of its demands. What does Professor Chomsky believe? If the movement does have specific demands, how many of these demands can actually be realized?
Shortly before departing to Paris for college, a brief incident caused me to reflect upon my ethnicity. While shopping in the produce section of Brooklyn’s Stop n’ Shop one day, an elderly woman approached me and asked, “Простите, молодой человек, вы знаете сколько стоят эти помидоры?” On first breath, I didn’t know how to respond to her asking if I knew the price of the tomatoes. Despite my instantaneous, indeed subconscious, mental translation, I considered myself an American and I was shopping at a typical American store. I felt insulted because she was labeling me and presuming my ethnic identity.
