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Bill Clinton's Favorite Books
Clinton Releases List of Favorite Books
President Clinton Releases List of 21 Favorite Books, Including Wife's 'Living History'
The Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Nov. 21 — Ah, nothing like curling up in front of the fireplace with 21 of President Clinton's favorite books.
To coincide with the opening of a Clinton Library-related exhibit of books and gifts he received while president, Clinton has released a list of his 21 favorite books from his wife's "Living History" to Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" to Thomas a Kempis' "The Imitation of Christ."
Clinton's presidential library is to open next November on the south bank of the Arkansas River in downtown Little Rock. A nearby office building, the Cox Creative Center, has hosted a number of preview exhibits, and on Monday opens "America Presents: A Collection of Books and Gifts of the Clinton Presidency." The exhibit runs through Jan. 3.
Copies of Clinton's 21 favorite books will be on display at the Cox building.
Besides Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's autobiography, Ellison's soaring novel of a black man's journey through white America and Kempis' 15th-century treatise on Christian living, other books of note include Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and Thomas Wolfe's "You Can't Go Home Again."
The entire list of Clinton's favorite books, listed alphabetically by author:
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," Maya Angelou.
"Meditations," Marcus Aurelius.
"The Denial of Death," Ernest Becker.
"Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963," Taylor Branch.
"Living History," Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"Lincoln," David Herbert Donald.
"The Four Quartets," T.S. Eliot.
"Invisible Man," Ralph Ellison.
"The Way of the World: From the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eve of the Twenty-First Century," David Fromkin.
"One Hundred Years of Solitude," Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
"The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes," Seamus Heaney.
"King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa," Adam Hochschild.
"The Imitation of Christ," Thomas a Kempis.
"Homage to Catalonia," George Orwell.
"The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis," Carroll Quigley.
"Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics," Reinhold Niebuhr.
"The Confessions of Nat Turner," William Styron.
"Politics as a Vocation," Max Weber.
"You Can't Go Home Again," Thomas Wolfe.
"Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny," Robert Wright.
"The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats," William Butler Yeats.
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.)
July 12, 2003
Among Democrats, The Energy Seems To Be on the Left
Among Democrats, The Energy Seems To Be on the Left
By David Von Drehle
The Washington Post
Thursday 10 July 2003
Ten years after Bill Clinton proclaimed a centrist "New Democrat" revolution, the left is once again a driving force in the party.
They do not call themselves "liberals" anymore; the preferred term today is "progressives." But in other ways, they are much the same slice of the electorate that dominated the Democratic Party from 1972 to the late 1980s: antiwar, pro-environment, suspicious of corporations and supportive of federal social services.
In recent weeks, the progressive left has: lifted a one-time dark-horse presidential candidate, former Vermont governor Howard Dean, into near-front-runner status; dominated the first serious Internet "primary"; and convened the largest gathering of liberal activists in decades.
Read It Rating: 6
Left/Right Rating: 0
Freedom Rating: 1
Learning Percentage: 50%
July 01, 2003
DNC: Supreme Court Watch Flash animation
I can't sum up my feelings about this silly Flash animation from the Democratic National Committee in a few words. I'm going to fold this into my upcoming entry about the sad state of the Dems as well.
Read It Rating: 6
Left/Right Rating: L5
Freedom Rating: ?
Learning Percentage: 65%
Daily Kos: My conversation with McAuliffe
This is another piece that I'll probably be refrencing soon in an entry I'm going to write about the sad state of the Democrats. I posted recently at my main blog about how I have many sympathetic feelings toward at least liberals, if not Democrats themselves.
Daily Kos: My conversation with McAuliffe
Excerpts (McAuliffe is the first speaker, Kos the other):
"I'm in Minnesota. Just did a great event -- had two tractor trailers with 40,000 pink slips to symbolize the jobs lost under Bush every month." McAuliffe was pumped!
"Where there any elected officials with you?"
Pause. "No. But I had the chair of the Minnesota Democratic party with me."
"Why weren't there any elected officials with you?"
Even longer pause. Finally, "I guess they're not as aggressive as we are."
And that's the problem with our party. The party itself is trying, it really is, to take the war to Bush. But it is our elected officials that live in mortal fear of the slightest whiff of anything Bush.
...
"You know what?" I said, "A lot of people I talk to every day, who comment at my site -- they won't aggressively support the party until the party starts acting like an opposition."
McAuliffe could only agree, "I know. We're trying."
I then launched into my spiel about how the blogosphere could help drive new political activism on behalf of Democrats, how blogs like dKos attracted people who might not otherwise participate in the political process, and how it was in the Democratic Party's interest to nurture the lefty blogosphere.
McAuliffe asked point blank: "How do you think we should do that?"
Kos is collecting suggestions, FWIW, and posted some good ideas himself. It's all there at the Daily Kos.
Read It Rating: 7
Left/Right Rating: L6
Freedom Rating: 0
Learning Percentage: 45%
Foes of Davis recall post tactics on Web
Foes of Davis recall post tactics on Web / Petition workers complain of intimidation
Internet posting by recall opponents:
-- As you go about your daily routines (driving to and from work, shopping, going to the movies, the doctor, etc.), keep your eyes open for recall petitioners at all times.
-- The most important thing you can do is provide us feedback about where and when signature gathering efforts are occurring. Call us . . .
Engage the Petition Collectors - If you see recall petitioners, here's what to do:
-- Engage them in conversation; the longer they talk to you, the less time they have to collect signatures; they have a limited period of time to collect over 1 million signatures.
-- Ask what petitions they are carrying.
-- It is important to determine if they are only carrying the recall petitions or if they also have the anti-recall petition and others.
-- If they tell you they have the "Save Our Teachers" or "Evaluate the Recall Process" petition, ask them to show it to you.
-- Note: There is no "Save Our Teachers" petition. This is our anti-recall petition. The signature collector is "double dipping." They are trying to get people to sign both the recall and the anti-recall petitions so they can make more money.
-- Remember, the longer you engage them, the fewer signatures they can collect.
-- Do not attempt to provoke or get into a physical confrontation with signature gatherers. We do not want you to be arrested.
Take Action
-- Complain to the store manager. Tell the manager you are a customer and you are offended by being harassed as you enter their store. Tell the manager you will take your business elsewhere.
-- Do not falsely sign a petition. This is against the law.
-- If you like to "mix it up," it is OK to debate or argue with the signature gatherer.
-- Counter them with the anti-recall petition; it is OK to stand in front of their table or approach potential signers before they do, or otherwise inhibit their activity.
-- Distribute the "Who's Behind the Recall" leaflet.
-- Approach potential signers and ask them if they know who is behind the recall: remind them that it is a bunch of right-wing conservative Republicans, like Darrell Issa and Bill Simon, who can't win an election fairly; they are trying to overturn a legal and fairly conducted election.
Read It Rating: 7
Left/Right Rating: 0
Freedom Rating: -1
Learning Percentage: 70%
Among Democrats, The Energy Seems To Be on the Left
Among Democrats, The Energy Seems To Be on the Left
By David Von Drehle
The Washington Post
Thursday 10 July 2003
Ten years after Bill Clinton proclaimed a centrist "New Democrat" revolution, the left is once again a driving force in the party.
They do not call themselves "liberals" anymore; the preferred term today is "progressives." But in other ways, they are much the same slice of the electorate that dominated the Democratic Party from 1972 to the late 1980s: antiwar, pro-environment, suspicious of corporations and supportive of federal social services.
In recent weeks, the progressive left has: lifted a one-time dark-horse presidential candidate, former Vermont governor Howard Dean, into near-front-runner status; dominated the first serious Internet "primary"; and convened the largest gathering of liberal activists in decades.
Read It Rating: 6
Left/Right Rating: 0
Freedom Rating: 1
Learning Percentage: 50%
DNC: Supreme Court Watch Flash animation
I can't sum up my feelings about this silly Flash animation from the Democratic National Committee in a few words. I'm going to fold this into my upcoming entry about the sad state of the Dems as well.
Read It Rating: 6
Left/Right Rating: L5
Freedom Rating: ?
Learning Percentage: 65%
Daily Kos: My conversation with McAuliffe
This is another piece that I'll probably be refrencing soon in an entry I'm going to write about the sad state of the Democrats. I posted recently at my main blog about how I have many sympathetic feelings toward at least liberals, if not Democrats themselves.
Daily Kos: My conversation with McAuliffe
Excerpts (McAuliffe is the first speaker, Kos the other):
"I'm in Minnesota. Just did a great event -- had two tractor trailers with 40,000 pink slips to symbolize the jobs lost under Bush every month." McAuliffe was pumped!
"Where there any elected officials with you?"
Pause. "No. But I had the chair of the Minnesota Democratic party with me."
"Why weren't there any elected officials with you?"
Even longer pause. Finally, "I guess they're not as aggressive as we are."
And that's the problem with our party. The party itself is trying, it really is, to take the war to Bush. But it is our elected officials that live in mortal fear of the slightest whiff of anything Bush.
...
"You know what?" I said, "A lot of people I talk to every day, who comment at my site -- they won't aggressively support the party until the party starts acting like an opposition."
McAuliffe could only agree, "I know. We're trying."
I then launched into my spiel about how the blogosphere could help drive new political activism on behalf of Democrats, how blogs like dKos attracted people who might not otherwise participate in the political process, and how it was in the Democratic Party's interest to nurture the lefty blogosphere.
McAuliffe asked point blank: "How do you think we should do that?"
Kos is collecting suggestions, FWIW, and posted some good ideas himself. It's all there at the Daily Kos.
Read It Rating: 7
Left/Right Rating: L6
Freedom Rating: 0
Learning Percentage: 45%
Foes of Davis recall post tactics on Web
Foes of Davis recall post tactics on Web / Petition workers complain of intimidation
Internet posting by recall opponents:
-- As you go about your daily routines (driving to and from work, shopping, going to the movies, the doctor, etc.), keep your eyes open for recall petitioners at all times.
-- The most important thing you can do is provide us feedback about where and when signature gathering efforts are occurring. Call us . . .
Engage the Petition Collectors - If you see recall petitioners, here's what to do:
-- Engage them in conversation; the longer they talk to you, the less time they have to collect signatures; they have a limited period of time to collect over 1 million signatures.
-- Ask what petitions they are carrying.
-- It is important to determine if they are only carrying the recall petitions or if they also have the anti-recall petition and others.
-- If they tell you they have the "Save Our Teachers" or "Evaluate the Recall Process" petition, ask them to show it to you.
-- Note: There is no "Save Our Teachers" petition. This is our anti-recall petition. The signature collector is "double dipping." They are trying to get people to sign both the recall and the anti-recall petitions so they can make more money.
-- Remember, the longer you engage them, the fewer signatures they can collect.
-- Do not attempt to provoke or get into a physical confrontation with signature gatherers. We do not want you to be arrested.
Take Action
-- Complain to the store manager. Tell the manager you are a customer and you are offended by being harassed as you enter their store. Tell the manager you will take your business elsewhere.
-- Do not falsely sign a petition. This is against the law.
-- If you like to "mix it up," it is OK to debate or argue with the signature gatherer.
-- Counter them with the anti-recall petition; it is OK to stand in front of their table or approach potential signers before they do, or otherwise inhibit their activity.
-- Distribute the "Who's Behind the Recall" leaflet.
-- Approach potential signers and ask them if they know who is behind the recall: remind them that it is a bunch of right-wing conservative Republicans, like Darrell Issa and Bill Simon, who can't win an election fairly; they are trying to overturn a legal and fairly conducted election.
Read It Rating: 7
Left/Right Rating: 0
Freedom Rating: -1
Learning Percentage: 70%
