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message 1: by Larry (new)
Mar 27, 2009 07:11PM

1144499 This is SO GOOD! I hope you all like it, too.

Observing, as Tocqueville did, the essence of American democracy: one person, one vote.

http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/...


message 2: by BunWat (new)
Mar 27, 2009 07:18PM

747169 Awesome Larry. Thanks for sharing it.


message 3: by Sally , masters master(er) (new)
Mar 28, 2009 07:27AM

966475 Thanks, again, Larry for a great NYT piece. How do you find these? Rss?


message 4: by Jackie "the Librarian" (new)
Mar 28, 2009 07:35AM

289556 I love Maira Kalman. She illustrated a new edition of The Elements of Style IllustratedThe Elements of Style Illustrated that´s a lot of fun.
I took a class in college on Alexis de Tocqueville and Democracy in America. He travelled all over, reporting on town meetings and how Americans like to organize. I should pull my copy out and refresh my memory...


message 5: by Larry (new)
Mar 28, 2009 07:39AM

1144499 Sally wrote: "Thanks, again, Larry for a great NYT piece. How do you find these? Rss?"

No, I just scan the NYT home page every day. I tend to feel at home there for some reason.




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