This American Moment:Thoughts on the American Condition
This American Moment:Thoughts on the American Condition

Author: M. G. Montpelier

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-07-11

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1483454436

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THIS AMERICAN MOMENT is a commentary on the frustration, challenges, and uncertainty of a people suffering - a people struggling day-to-day to survive economic agenda of America's Subsistence Trickle-Down Society. "Today I bear witness to the duplicity, iniquity, and pretension of this American Moment; /Today I face the frustration, uncertainty, and despair of a people living 'in quiet desperation;' /Today I endure the ordeal, misery, and distress of a proud industrious people; /Today I struggle to survive the betrayal, corruption, and desolation of Deregulation, Free Trade, and the Robber Barons of this American Moment; /Today I know this day is my every day for all my tomorrows." M.G. Montpelier M.G. Montpelier is a Catholic, Eagle Scout, teacher, genealogist, and retired Federal officer. He is a native of Rouses Point, New York; a graduate of Paul Smith's College and the State University of New York at Plattsburgh; and in retirement enjoys riding the rails of the world's classic rail journeys.

This American Moment
This American Moment

Author: Caron E. Gentry

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-08-01

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0190901276

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According to this book, the United States is currently in a moment of crisis, fomented by anxieties around race and gender politics. Unlike fear, which is usually focused on a particular object, anxiety is indeterminate and uncertain. It is also the emotion that led to the election and continued support of President Trump. But Caron Gentry says that we can deal with this anxiety in a productive way. To do so, she turns to Reinhold Niebuhr, whose philosophy of Christian realism has been an abiding influence on foreign policy since the Cold War. According to Niebuhr "Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." Anxiety is central to Niebuhr's ideas: an emotion that is abiding because we lack control over the circumstances of our lives. In turn, anxiety prompts a desire for unity, but also an intolerance for difference. Niebuhr suggests that anxiety can be dealt with destructively or creatively, and that power must be balanced to prevent destructive action. Gentry is critical of Niebuhr, saying that he gives in to destructive tendencies in humans by elevating power above other, more creative solutions. In This American Moment, she offers feminist Christian realism as an alternate approach to anxiety in international politics. Gentry's feminist Christian realism differentiates itself from Niebuhr's Christian realism by re-engaging the importance of love and relationships over power. It suggests that we can arrive at creative solutions to anxiety through a conversation about the imago dei and the inherent commitments to community borne of one's relationship with God, including the recognition of obligation in the face of vulnerability. Throughout Gentry applies her ideas to the problems of police brutality, women's reproductive health, and the rise in fascist politics.

This American Moment:Thoughts on the American Condition
This American Moment:Thoughts on the American Condition

Author: M. G. Montpelier

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-07-11

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1483454436

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THIS AMERICAN MOMENT is a commentary on the frustration, challenges, and uncertainty of a people suffering - a people struggling day-to-day to survive economic agenda of America's Subsistence Trickle-Down Society. "Today I bear witness to the duplicity, iniquity, and pretension of this American Moment; /Today I face the frustration, uncertainty, and despair of a people living 'in quiet desperation;' /Today I endure the ordeal, misery, and distress of a proud industrious people; /Today I struggle to survive the betrayal, corruption, and desolation of Deregulation, Free Trade, and the Robber Barons of this American Moment; /Today I know this day is my every day for all my tomorrows." M.G. Montpelier M.G. Montpelier is a Catholic, Eagle Scout, teacher, genealogist, and retired Federal officer. He is a native of Rouses Point, New York; a graduate of Paul Smith's College and the State University of New York at Plattsburgh; and in retirement enjoys riding the rails of the world's classic rail journeys.

America since 1945
America since 1945

Author: Paul Levine

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2010-11-17

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1137267666

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The period from 1945 to the present day may not constitute an American century, but it can be seen as the American Moment: the time when, for good or ill, the United States became the predominant political, military, economic and cultural power in the world. This revised and updated new edition introduces the historic and tumultuous developments in American politics, foreign policy, society and culture during this period. It includes coverage of key recent events, such as the: - 2008 election of Barack Obama - global recession - protracted war in Iraq and Afghanistan - rise of the internet - transformation of American Society and Culture - challenges of new immigration and multi-culturalism - changing global status of the US in the new millennium. Examining the American Moment in a global context, the authors emphasise the interaction between politics, society and culture. America Since 1945 encourages an awareness of how central currents in art, literature, film, theatre, intellectual history and media have developed alongside an understanding of political, economic and social change.

American Moment
American Moment

Author: Michael J. Busman

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781491024119

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The Moment Is Now!Increasingly polarized, with Washington in legislative gridlock, more Americans are asking how we can possibly get back to a common-sense, middle path that most of us can agree on.American Moment shows us how we got to this point of dysfunction and more importantly how we can get back on track. American Moment tackles crucial policy issues dealing with debt, spending, and taxes. It shows us how we can create a new process for making the national strategic investments that have been neglected for decades due to partisan politics. It asks and answers the hard questions:• Why we spend more than double for our healthcare than most other developed nations while enjoying inferior health outcomes • Why our children cannot compete with students in other nations in math, science and reading• Why political slogans like “Drill Baby Drill” and “All of the Above” are no substitute for a national energy policy designed around 21st century sustainable technology• Why not having a strategic foundation for our foreign policy for more than two decades is undermining our security and influence in the world• Why we spend as much on defense as the next fourteen largest military spending nations combined How the two parties have subverted the intent of the Constitution's Framers and why it will take three constitutional amendments to fix it.• And why, after spending a trillion dollars on the “War on Drugs,” we have become a prison nation – incarcerating our citizens at a higher rate than any other country – and still suffer too much violent crime Offering thirty specific policy proposals to resolve these issues, American Moment challenges all Americans to support the formation of a moderate new American Unity Party, to get involved in the dialogue, and to become part of the solution. If you are frustrated with the failed leadership of our two-party system, American Moment shows how those from both sides of the political spectrum can move to the center to fix what is broken in our nation – benefiting all Americans for generations to come.

American Legal Education Abroad
American Legal Education Abroad

Author: Susan Bartie

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 1479803588

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A critical history of the Americanization of legal education in fourteen countries The second half of the twentieth century witnessed the export of American power—both hard and soft—throughout the world. What role did US cultural and economic imperialism play in legal education? American Legal Education Abroad offers an unprecedented and surprising picture of the history of legal education in fourteen countries beyond the United States. Each study in this book represents a critical history of the Americanization of legal education, reexamining prevailing narratives of exportation, transplantation, and imperialism. Collectively, these studies challenge the conventional wisdom that American ideas and practices have dominated globally. Editors Susan Bartie and David Sandomierski and their contributors suggest that to understand legal education and to respond thoughtfully to the mounting present-day challenges, it is essential to look beyond a particular region and consider not only the ideas behind legal education but also the broader historical, political, and cultural factors that have shaped them. American Legal Education Abroad begins with an important foundational history by leading Harvard Law School historian Bruce Kimball, who explains the factors that created a transportable American legal model, and the book concludes with reflections from two prominent American law professors, Susan Carle and Bob Gordon, whose observations on recent disruptions within US law schools suggest that their influence within the global order of legal education may soon fall into further decline. This book should be considered an invaluable resource for anyone in the field of law.

America since 1945
America since 1945

Author: Paul Levine

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2010-11-17

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1137267666

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The period from 1945 to the present day may not constitute an American century, but it can be seen as the American Moment: the time when, for good or ill, the United States became the predominant political, military, economic and cultural power in the world. This revised and updated new edition introduces the historic and tumultuous developments in American politics, foreign policy, society and culture during this period. It includes coverage of key recent events, such as the: - 2008 election of Barack Obama - global recession - protracted war in Iraq and Afghanistan - rise of the internet - transformation of American Society and Culture - challenges of new immigration and multi-culturalism - changing global status of the US in the new millennium. Examining the American Moment in a global context, the authors emphasise the interaction between politics, society and culture. America Since 1945 encourages an awareness of how central currents in art, literature, film, theatre, intellectual history and media have developed alongside an understanding of political, economic and social change.