During one of his thunderous dialogues in class, Professor Matheny reached a new apex one day when talking about the functioning of government through the Rule of Reciprocity. Not only did he have a way with words, but more so, Matheny had an uncanny ability to get to the essence of an idea, support it with logic and research, and convincingly convey it to his intended audience. Simply amazing to say the very least. In this case, many of the students in class were perplexed with the concept of reciprocity in government and society. Why would anyone feel a sense of obligation to help someone on something they [...]
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August 26th, 2009 | A Little History, Need to Know | Leave a comment | Print Post | Email Post |
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Upon completing their time abroad in France, John and Abigail Adams concluded that much of the French way of life was a similar to the theater, a virtual play in which appearance trumped substance, or at minimum, added substantially to it. While the elite in society played the lead roles, the illusion of happiness and power danced all around the stage, ignoring the growing disillusionment and disenfranchisement of the common people who were mere extras. As history demonstrates, this play was ended rather abruptly with a start of the French Republic. This theme of illusion over substance took root in Czarist Russia with the innocent enough Potemkin villages [...] From the very establishment of the new lands of America by Europeans, the first people on this fresh and exciting area were in large part contrarians. The initial waves of immigrants from Europe differed in major ways from their brethren, primarily on religious matters. Regardless, they were the first contrarians of the New World. As with the development of any group of people over time, unique ideas began to find their ways into government. From the writings of Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau, the Founding Fathers struck out from the traditional models of European government to pursue a new form of government in the style of a democratic [...] |
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