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Tag Archives: freedom
The Fetters Of Freedom
One of the characteristics of technological improvements are that while the initial wave of such improvements tends to increase freedom, the second wave that lags behind tends to leave people even more in chains than before. While this phenomenon has … Continue reading
On Free Will And The Savior
As I write this, it is about four and a half ours or so into the Day of Atonement where I reside. One of the most relevant chapters about this day, one that I have heard cited at least a … Continue reading
Save Your Rage For Another Day
I belong to a community of chart nerds that regularly comments and predicts upon the weekly Billboard Hot 100. I am aware that this is an interest that is not shared by many people, and so the minutae of how … Continue reading
Some Thoughts On The Slave Mentality
One of the more unfair statements made about the Judeo-Christian perspective is that it is slave religion. It is common, though, if lamentable, for people who are hostile to the Bible to project the problems of their own existence onto … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Biblical History, Christianity, History
Tagged freedom, Passover, slavery
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Book Review: Second Front
Second Front: Censorship And Propaganda in The Gulf War, by John R. Macarthur One of the oddest aspects of the Gulf War has been the extent to which journalists have complained about the treatment that they received from the government, … Continue reading
Book Review: My Bondage And My Freedom
My Bondage And My Freedom, by Frederick Douglass If this book is better than the third autobiography by the author, it is not quite as good as the second. If the first autobiography found him firmly in the orbit of … Continue reading
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Tagged Frederick Douglass, freedom, politics, slavery
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Book Review: Free At Last: A Documentary History Of Slavery, Freedom, And The Civil War
Free At Last: A Documentary History Of Slavery, Freedom, And The Civil War, edited by Ira Berlin, Barbara J. Fields, Steven F. Miller, Joseph P. Reidy, And Leslie S. Rowland This was a fascinating book, and reading this book is … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, freedom, legitimacy, slavery
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Book Review: Remembering Slavery
Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences Of Slavery And Emancipation, edited by Ira Berlin, Mark Favreau, and Steven F. Miller During the 1930’s, an act of oral historiography was undertaken in which a variety of researchers were … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom, memory, slavery
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Book Review: Phillis Wheatley: The Inspiring Life Story Of The American Poet
Phillis Wheatley: The Inspiring Life Story Of The American Poet, by Robin S. Doak This book is aimed at middle grade to high school readers and it provides context for the life of Phillis Wheatley, a poet whose short life … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom, Phillis Wheatley, poetry, slavery
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Every Bridge Is Also A Wall
It so happens that every bridge is also a wall but not every wall is a bridge. We tend to think of bridges as bringing people together, but they also end up walling off (at least in part) communication along … Continue reading
Edge Induced Cohesion 