Intellectuals and action collide in American politics and culture
A reflection on party loyalty and reform in the United States traces Republican missteps since 1953 and later questions the clash between practical labor and scholarly culture. The piece honors leaders like De Gaulle and Churchill as reminders that action need not mute intellect.
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Johnny
Tommy
Dixon-Yates
Sen. Kefauver
Justice Dept
America
Casey Stengel
Pat Boone
Columbia University
de Gaulle
France
Whole Man and the Makers of Modern Thought
The passage argues that great leaders and nations shaped by intellectuals and writers, not just warriors. It cites Alexander, Archimedes, Pericles, Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Frederick the Great, Napoleon, and British figures like Bacon and Churchill to show that civilization thrives when rulers engage with philosophy, rhetoric, and art.
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America
Mari
Alexander
Aristotle
Archimedes
Xenophon
Pericles
Athens
Caesar
Marcus Aurelius
Frederick the Great
Voltaire
Napoleon
British
Bacon
Disraeli
Gladstone
Balfour
Churchill
Highway location near railroad can kill future industry
The piece argues that placing a new superhighway too close to a railroad endangers vacant land ideal for industrial use. It warns that highway placement can sever access to rail service, eliminating local jobs and tax revenue and erasing a valuable civic asset.
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Andy Jackson
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Southland
Betty and Paul Wright
Southland Florist
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Dial
Southern’ Railway