February 23, 2021
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Anybody who has had the opportunity to hear Michael Eric Dyson speak will tell you how powerful an experience it can be. That includes former President Barack Obama, who once said that anyone unlucky enough to follow him was sure to “pale in comparison.”
Fortunately for students at Arizona State University, where the famed author and one of America’s foremost public intellectuals will be paying a virtual visit to discuss his latest book, “Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America,” they will only have to ask him questions.
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Our people are very supportive of the idea of a competitive economy led by the private sector.
Belarus is ranked 15th out of 74 countries in the Global Index of Economic Mentality (GIEM), thinktanks.by writes.
The high place of Belarus in the Global Index of Economic Thinking does not mean at all world recognition of the Belarusian economic thought, which has created a unique economic model. It s quite the opposite. This rating demonstrates that the Belarusian market socialism does not quite correspond to society s approaches prevailing.
The Global Index of Economic Mind (GIEM) is an international study that measures people s support for economic freedom. It was hosted by the Atlas Network.
John Brown Was A Violent Crusader, But He Blazed A Moral Path That The Cautious Lincoln Followed To End Slavery
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Too often dismissed as a failed zealot, Brown was an unconventional anti-slavery leader who blazed a trail that Abraham Lincoln would follow just a few years later.
Commentators then and now are more likely to see differences between Lincoln s and Brown s approaches to civic leadership. Lincoln was cautious and deliberate; Brown was a revolutionary on fire.
Though this contrast is instructive, there s another way to look at both men. In the end, they were both moral crusaders who exercised uncompromising moral leadership.