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  • Lessons from Weimar Germany for the Portland Extremists

    Lessons from Weimar Germany for the Portland Extremists0

    • August 19, 2019

    Immediately following the conclusion of the First World War and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was thrust into a state of economic, political, and social disarray. The infantile German state, which had recently been established in 1871, struggled to maintain its reputation as a global superpower. Kaiser Wilhelm II chose to abdicate

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  • Lessons From the Zombie Genre

    Lessons From the Zombie Genre0

    Imagine a zombie. What does your zombie look like? How does it move? What does it eat? How does it spend its day? What if any hobbies does it have? More likely than not, you probably pictured a zombie of the George A. Romero variety: a slow-moving reanimated corpse that feasts on the flesh of

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  • Less Schooling, More Apprenticeships

    Less Schooling, More Apprenticeships0

    Apprenticeships first appeared in the later Middle Ages as an opportunity for young people, usually between the ages of 10 and 15, to gain practical skills and on-the-job training from a master craftsman. These adolescent apprentices came of age immersed in authentic experiences and surrounded by adult mentors.   The term “adolescence” comes from the

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  • Less Freedom and Equality, more Justice?

    Less Freedom and Equality, more Justice?0

    It goes without saying that Freedom and Equality can both be good principles depending upon how they’re applied. Unfortunately, they seem to have taken on an ideological character over the last few decades. When we look at our political and cultural discourse, many start either with the idea of Freedom or Equality as the highest

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  • Les Miserables: What Permit Patty’s Outburst Can Teach Us About Mercy

    Les Miserables: What Permit Patty’s Outburst Can Teach Us About Mercy0

    Meet Permit Patty (real name: Allison Ettel), the allegedly racist and anti-entrepreneur terror of the streets. She was recently recorded calling the cops on an 8-year old. Within hours, Permit Patty’s face was all over the internet. She admitted that she’d reacted badly, but contented her action had nothing to do with race or what

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  • Leonard Bernstein’s Search for Faith

    Leonard Bernstein’s Search for Faith0

    ”I’m no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.” Thus did Leonard Bernstein famously conclude his Norton Lectures on the nature of music at Harvard University, 1973. This year we commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bernstein’s birth Aug. 25, a good time to unpack his statement.

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