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During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of American politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see. Syllabus: http://gov20h.blogspot.com/2023/08/draft-introduction-to-american-politics.html

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

More Democratic Writing, The Declaration

CMC DC Program and Internships/Jobs

The Declaration as a breakup

The low level of public knowledge

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"Few ideas are correct ones, and what are correct no one can ascertain; but with words we govern men." -- Benjamin Disraeli

Allusions, quotations -- and fake quotations.

The text of the Declaration


The real Abraham Lincoln on Euclid and the Declaration:
One would start with great confidence that he could convince any sane child that the simpler propositions of Euclid are true; but, nevertheless, he would fail, utterly, with one who should deny the definitions and axioms. The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society.
The movie version:

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