The Wonderful Wizard of Populism The “The Wizard of Oz” is a beloved children’s story written by L. Frank Baum in 1900 and many historians have tried to come up with arguments that compare the mystical story with the movement of populism. All of these theories have some background but none of them are able to draw any real parallels between the story and populism that are not completely speculative. These historians have done nothing that could bring any evidence or tie any parts of the plot
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In 1967‚ Robert L. Scott started a seminal debate within the rhetoric community with his essay‚ “On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic.” His argument – rhetoric is epistemic - has been analyzed and/or criticized by many scholars. Scott himself followed up in 1976 with an article titled‚ “On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic: Ten Years Later” in order to address some of these concerns‚ and add to his original thoughts. Despite this follow-up‚ authors still continue criticize and defend his work. This essay
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Hot‚ Flat‚ and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution-And How It Can Renew America Author: Thomas L. Friedman Thesis Statement: Hot‚ Flat‚ & Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman was published by FSC Mixed Sources in the year 2008. This book is a diagnosis of Friedman’s three major challenges facing the world and the United States. Also he includes perceptions for how the United States can cure these problems. Friedman especially specializes on focusing on the greatest challenge of which is global
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such as icons‚ images‚ tokens‚ and etc. The use of symbols can have two sides to it‚ depending on how a person interprets it. In the book “Seeing Ourselves” by John Macionis‚ a Professor of Sociology and Prentice Hall Distinguished Scholar‚ Peter L. Berger makes a statement that meaning is socially constructed by a society. According to Berger‚ people act accordingly to the meaning they assign to objects‚ symbols‚ or events. Basing off of Berger’s theory‚ symbols are only valuable when they have
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The author of the text Robert L. Kelly starts with how he was doing his first archaeological survey and it took place in Big Smoky Valley‚ which is in Nevada‚ United States. During his first archaeological survey the crew leader was Robert Bettinger. It was hot summer of 1973 and that was the first time and the leader of the Robert Kelly’s team asked if he saw ‘it’. Of course‚ by ‘it’ he meant the stone remains on the ground‚ or under the ground. That was exactly that time when the author of this
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Jalisa Torres ENG 102 Libatore Love Has No Existence Here After reading the two short stories‚ Love in L.A by Dagoberto Gilb and What We Talk about When We Talk about Love by Raymond Carver‚ I have realized that a common feeling like ‘love’ can be painted into so many different pictures. Each one of these short stories is written by two different authors and sees ‘love’ at different angles. The character Jake in Love in L.A. has this vision of love that is more of a mockery. Then‚ Terri’s ex-husband
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What is Rurality and Urbanity-Lutgarda L. Tolentino‚ PhD The rural-urban differences can be demonstrated using three parameters such as occupationally‚ ecologically and socio-culturally. But it seems not easy to explain these differences of the two. Before dichotomy and continuity of rural and urban were used to differentiate these differences but today it is not that relevant for the results seem to be ambigous. But the new rural sociology rediscovers the relationship of agriculture and rurality
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achievement.” (Quote) An idea that is perceived as a ticket to heaven because people will have everything they desire‚ a luxurious car‚ a beautiful home‚ a great paying job‚ exotic vacations‚ and a happy family. In the reading “Horatio Alger” by Harlon L. Dalton criticizes Alger‚ who conveys
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Daniel L. Anderson presents his case for truly serving Christ in the manner chosen for the reader who is willing to humble and serve other. According to the author‚ to become a biblical leader one must understand the hierarchy of being a steward‚ servant and slave. I appreciate on the author’s main intention and emphasizes on Biblical philosophy of leadership. I think it is an excellent book. As the author mentions in the preface about the intention of his writing‚ it is to address the foundational
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Question 1 In chapter four of Refounding Public Administration‚ Gary L. Wamsley argues that public administration and public administrators are now facing new challenges that threaten the very core of democracy in today’s society. In order to combat these challenges public administrators must establish a system where they not only cooperate with federal‚ state‚ and city officials in working towards the common good and commonality for citizens‚ but they must also encourage active citizen participation
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